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Why Value Creation Alone Isn't a MOAT (yet)
An introduction to the 7 Powers
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19 Thinking Tools For Making Better Decisions
Concepts, mental models & frameworks i've found interesting
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Navigating the Capital Cycle: Working Templates for Long-Term Investors and Business Owners
Understanding the behavioural traps that lead to booms and busts
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Why Great Returns Attract Terrible Capital
A parable about market cycles, vulture investors, and the holiday armadillo
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Understanding Retained Earnings, Opportunity Cost and Net Present Value (NPV)
A capital allocation framework
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3 Ways We Fool Ourselves
Why is the reality most acceptable to science one that no small child can be expected to understand?
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Bayes' Theorem and the Changing of Your Beliefs
A model for better rationality, avoiding the Bayesian thinking trap, and a multi-billion-dollar engagement machine
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Welcome to The School of Knowledge
Your 1-stop shop for systems thinking, mental models and frameworks
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Think Better with the New AI-Powered Six Thinking Hats Prompt
Welcome to The School of Knowledge and this week’s paid essay. Each Sunday, I send an essay to help you navigate your personal or professional…
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A Complete Thinking Framework for Better Decisions
Welcome to The School of Knowledge and this week’s free essay. Each Sunday, I send an essay to help you navigate your personal or professional…
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21 Thinking Tools for Making Better Decisions
Interesting concepts, mental models & frameworks
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The Garden Test for Every New Idea
Welcome to The School of Knowledge. Each Sunday, I send an essay to help you navigate your personal or professional transition, from those who have…
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