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How to Avoid Stupidity and Solve Problems using Inversion

How to Avoid Stupidity and Solve Problems using Inversion

by Taz | Apr 13, 2021 | Mental Models, Thinking Tools

Inversion is probably one of the most important mental models you can learn, not because of what it can help you do, but because of what it can help you avoid. Inversion looks at a problem backward, asking the opposite of what it is you’re trying to achieve. If you...

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