5 Mental Models to Think Like a Strategic Genius
Summary
TLDRDans ce script de vidéo, l'orateur partage son expérience personnelle et son utilisation des modèles mentaux pour améliorer la qualité de ses décisions, tirée de son expérience de jeu d'échecs compétitif. Il explique cinq modèles mentaux clés pour devenir un penseur stratégique, notamment le contrôle du centre, la compréhension de la véritable valeur des pièces, la position avant la soumission, l'initiative et la retraite tactique. Chaque modèle est illustré par des exemples de la vie personnelle et des affaires pour montrer comment appliquer ces concepts dans la prise de décision. L'orateur encourage les téléspectateurs à réfléchir de manière plus stratégique et à utiliser ces outils pour améliorer leurs propres décisions et réussites.
Takeaways
- 🎯 La réussite dépend de la qualité de nos décisions plutôt que de la quantité de travail fourni.
- 🧐 Il est important de développer une bonne jugement pour prendre des décisions stratégiques.
- 🤔 Les modèles mentaux sont des cadres pré-conçus qui aident à prendre des décisions plus efficaces.
- 🏰 Le contrôle du centre du jeu est crucial, il permet d'avoir une plus grande influence sur le champ de bataille.
- 🏃 L'exercice est moins efficace pour la perte de poids que la nutrition, qui peut presque gagner seul le jeu.
- 💼 Dans les affaires, les trois aspects clés à contrôler sont le marketing, les opérations et la finance.
- 👥 La valeur des pièces (ou des employés) dépend de leur position et de leur capacité à influencer le résultat.
- 🥋 Avant de chercher une solution rapide, il est préférable de contrôler la position et de créer un environnement propice à la réussite.
- 🚀 L'initiative est la capacité de dicter l'action et est souvent le facteur décisif pour la réussite.
- 🔄 La mise en mouvement nécessite une énergie d'activation importante, mais une fois en mouvement, le maintien de cette dynamique nécessite moins d'énergie.
- 🔍 Il est parfois nécessaire de reculer pour mieux sauter, les retraits tactiques peuvent être le moyen le plus rapide d'avancer.
Q & A
Quelle est la signification de la phrase 'le jugement' dans le contexte du discours?
-Dans le contexte du discours, 'le jugement' fait référence à la capacité de penser clairement et stratégiquement pour prendre de bonnes décisions, qui déterminent le succès ou l'échec et ce qui est bon ou non.
Comment les modèles mentaux contribuent-ils à l'amélioration de la qualité des décisions?
-Les modèles mentaux sont des cadres pré-conçus que l'on peut utiliser pour structurer la pensée stratégique. Ils permettent de systématiser le processus de prise de décision, en plaçant les variables appropriées dans le modèle pour obtenir une réponse cohérente et informée.
Quels sont les exemples de la première structure de pensée stratégique, 'contrôler le centre', dans la vie personnelle et les affaires?
-Dans la vie personnelle, l'exemple donné est la perte de poids où la nutrition est le 'centre du plateau'. Dans les affaires, les trois cases clés à contrôler sont le marketing, les opérations et la finance, qui sont les éléments centraux pour la réussite d'une entreprise.
Comment la valeur d'une pièce dans les échecs peut-elle être relative et dépendre des dynamiques du plateau?
-La valeur d'une pièce dans les échecs est relative car elle dépend de sa position sur le plateau et de son influence sur le jeu. Une pièce bien placée, même une simple cavalerie, peut dominer plusieurs pièces de valeur plus élevée si elle est positionnée au centre du plateau.
Quelle est la recommandation de lecture pour approfondir la compréhension de la valeur des personnes dans les affaires et la vie personnelle?
-Le livre recommandé pour approfondir cette compréhension est 'Who Not How' par Benjamin Hardy et Dan Sullivan, qui traite de l'importance de placer les bonnes personnes dans les bons rôles pour faciliter la réussite.
Quels sont les principes clés de la troisième structure de pensée stratégique, 'position avant soumission'?
-La troisième structure de pensée stratégique, 'position avant soumission', souligne l'importance de contrôler la position avant de chercher à vaincre l'adversaire. Cela implique de ne pas se précipiter pour la victoire immédiate, mais plutôt de construire une position solide qui permettra des opportunités de victoire naturelles.
Comment la 'initiative' est-elle définie dans le contexte du discours et pourquoi est-elle si importante?
-Dans le contexte du discours, l''initiative' est définie comme la capacité d'un joueur à dicter l'action dans un jeu d'échecs, c'est-à-dire à agir plutôt que de réagir. Elle est importante car elle génère du momentum, qui est un facteur clé du succès, car elle permet de transformer l'énergie initiale en progrès durables.
Quels sont les défis associés à la prise de décisions stratégiques dans les affaires et la vie personnelle?
-Les défis incluent la tendance à surévaluer l'énergie initiale nécessaire pour démarrer (activation energy) et sous-évaluer l'énergie nécessaire pour maintenir le progrès une fois le mouvement amorcé (maintenance energy). Il est également difficile de reconnaître les reculs tactiques comme des avancées stratégiques.
Quelle est l'histoire personnelle partagée pour illustrer l'importance de la retraite tactique dans les affaires?
-L'histoire partagée est celle d'une entreprise qui a licencié un client difficile qui représentait 10% de ses revenus annuels. Cela a libéré la capacité de l'équipe de se concentrer sur les autres clients, ce qui a entraîné une augmentation des revenus qui a dépassé les pertes initiales.
Quelle est la métaphore utilisée pour décrire l'importance de la retraite tactique dans le contexte des échecs et de la vie?
-La métaphore utilisée est celle du cavalier qui, malgré sa capacité à avancer de manière non linéaire et à sauter par-dessus les autres pièces, peut être un mouvement difficile à voir comme progressif. Cela illustre comment parfois reculer peut être le moyen le plus rapide d'avancer.
Quels sont les conseils donnés pour surmonter la difficulté de reconnaître et d'accepter une retraite tactique?
-Les conseils incluent de se poser la question de savoir quel est le mouvement que l'on n'a même pas envisagé parce qu'il semble incorrect, comme le quitte de son emploi, le déménagement dans une autre ville ou la fin d'une relation qui ne sert plus. Identifier ce mouvement peut souvent être la clé pour trouver le coup gagnant.
Outlines
🚀 Développement de la jugement stratégique grâce au contrôle du centre
Le premier paragraphe aborde l'importance de la jugement stratégique dans le succès personnel et professionnel. L'auteur partage son expérience personnelle de décisions mal avisée qui ont mené à la dette et à des résultats médiocres. Il introduit les modèles mentaux comme outils pour améliorer la qualité des décisions. Le concept de contrôle du centre, tiré du jeu d'échecs, est expliqué en détail, soulignant l'avantage de placer ses pièces au centre du plateau pour une plus grande influence. Cette idée est appliquée à la vie personnelle et au business, où l'on doit identifier les facteurs clés à maîtriser pour maximiser l'impact.
🧐 La véritable valeur des pièces : Placement stratégique des ressources
Dans le deuxième paragraphe, l'auteur discute de la valeur relative des pièces dans les échecs et comment cela s'applique à la vie et au business. Il explique que la valeur d'une pièce est fonction de la dynamique du plateau et de sa position. L'auteur cite l'exemple des échecs où un cavalier bien placé peut dominer une reine et deux fers. Cette idée est étendue pour souligner l'importance de placer les personnes adéquatement dans une entreprise ou dans la vie personnelle pour maximiser leur contribution. Il recommande le livre 'Who Not How' pour approfondir cette stratégie.
🤼♂️ Position avant soumission : La sagesse de contrôler la position
Le troisième paragraphe traite de la stratégie de 'position avant soumission', où l'auteur compare les joueurs débutants qui cherchent constamment à vaincre à ceux plus expérimentés qui contrôlent d'abord la position avant de chercher la victoire. Il souligne que la position stratégique est plus importante que la simple quantité de pièces. L'auteur encourage à penser à la conception de l'environnement, créant un contexte qui favorise les objectifs. Il critique la recherche de 'hacks' miracle et insiste sur l'importance de travailler dur pour contrôler la position.
🏆 L'initiative décide : Maintien de l'élan et de la dynamique
Dans le quatrième paragraphe, l'auteur explore l'idée de l'initiative dans les échecs et comment elle est cruciale pour la victoire. Il compare cette notion à la dynamique en entreprise et dans la vie, où l'initiative conduit à la réussite. Il explique que l'énergie initiale nécessaire pour démarrer un mouvement (activation energy) est souvent plus importante que l'énergie nécessaire pour le maintenir (maintenance energy). L'auteur suggère que comprendre cela peut aider à évaluer les options stratégiques et à choisir celle qui nécessite moins d'efforts continus.
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Keywords
💡jugement
💡modèle mental
💡contrôler le centre
💡valeur réelle d'une pièce
💡position avant la soumission
💡initiative
💡retrait tactique
💡échecs compétitifs
💡gestion des ressources
💡élaboration d'environnement
💡économie de maintenance
Highlights
Le succès ou l'échec dépend de la prise de décision stratégique plutôt que du travail acharné.
L'auteur a vécu des expériences qui ont démontré la véracité de la déclaration ci-dessus, notamment en accumulant une dette importante malgré un travail acharné.
La prise de décision émotionnelle suivie de justification logique est souvent inefficace pour atteindre les objectifs à long terme.
Les modèles mentaux sont des cadres pré-conçus qui aident à prendre des décisions plus stratégiques.
Le contrôle du centre de l'échiquier est une métaphore pour la stratégie dans la vie et les affaires.
L'influence maximale d'une pièce d'échiquier est obtenue en la plaçant au centre du plateau.
La perte de poids peut être analysée en se concentrant sur les facteurs principaux comme la combustion ou l'absorption de calories.
Dans les affaires, les aspects clés à contrôler sont le marketing, les opérations et la trésorerie.
La valeur réelle d'une pièce d'échiquier dépend de la dynamique du plateau, ce qui est également valable pour les compétences des employés dans une entreprise.
La position avant la soumission est une stratégie où l'on s'assure d'avoir un contrôle avant de chercher à vaincre l'adversaire.
L'initiative dans les échecs, comme dans la vie et les affaires, est cruciale pour dicter l'action et créer de l'élan.
Le concept de l'environnement de travail est essentiel pour créer un parcours facilité vers les objectifs.
Il est souvent difficile de voir les retraits tactiques comme des avancées, car le mouvement direct est perçu comme progressif.
Le mouvement du cavalier en échecs, qui permet de sauter par-dessus les autres pièces, est une métaphore pour les retraits qui peuvent sembler aller à l'encontre des objectifs.
L'entreprise de l'auteur a choisi de se retirer d'une relation commerciale toxique, libérant ainsi des ressources pour améliorer l'expérience des autres clients.
Le retrait tactique peut être le moyen le plus rapide ou le seul de progresser vers l'objectif final.
La clé pour trouver le mouvement gagnant est de considérer les options qui ne sont pas immédiatement évidentes ou qui semblent incorrectes.
Transcripts
nval rant said in an age of infinite
leverage judgment not work determines
success or failure and what is good
judgment if not the ability to think
clearly and strategically and then make
good decisions now I think about this a
lot in my own life because it's just
been so damn true see throughout my 20s
I busted my ass I worked really hard but
because I had poor judgment I made bad
decisions and I applied my efforts
towards low leverage opportunities all
that I had to show for that work was
$80,000 of debt and a 13 passenger van
parked in Downtown Oakland that I got to
call home now the problem for most of us
is that we never really taught how to
make good decisions so as a result we
tend to make decisions based on emotions
and then justify them with logic and
that's probably not going to get you
very far in life at least it didn't for
me but here's what did I started using
mental models for thinking more
strategically now a mental model is
nothing more than a pre-designed
framework that you can pull out whenever
a situation requires a decision you just
plug in the different variables and out
pops an answer and voila just like that
you systematized a process of developing
good judgment now as I started looking
around my life for mental models that I
could steal I realized that I was
sitting on a treasure Trove of strategic
Frameworks that I developed over years
of playing competitive chess and once I
started regularly tapping into these
Frameworks the quality of my decisions
and ultimately my results those started
to improve as well so in this video I'm
going to break down how to become a more
strategic thinker in business and in
life through five mental models I
learned from playing
chess so let's dive into our first
framework of strategic thinking it is
control the center this is perhaps one
of the most fundamental rules of highle
chess the player controlling the four
squares in the middle of the board has a
massive Advantage because from here your
pieces have maximum influence across the
battlefield just think of it like The
High Ground the reason The High Ground
is so important is because it gives you
more reach without necessarily exposing
yourself to more risk Anakin Skywalker
had to learn this the hard way so let's
take a lesson from his book all right so
let's illustrate this point to really
drive it home imagine a knight
positioned in one of the four key
squares in the center of a chessboard
from here it exerts influence on eight
different squares but if you take that
same Knight and you put it into the
corner for example Now it only
influences two squares and the same can
be said for the Bishop from the center
of the board they control 13 squares
whereas from the corner they only
control seven okay so the question to
ask yourself when using this Frame to
make a decision is this where is the
center of the board and what do I need
to do to get pieces there so that they
have maximum influence so let's break
this down into two examples one from The
Game of Life and one from the game of
business to show how you might think
through this in real time okay so first
in the game of life let's say you're
trying to lose 15 lbs the Strategic Way
To Think through this is to identify
those few squares on the board that are
going to give you the most influence now
when it comes to losing weight you got
all sorts of options you could could go
on a diet you could work out more you
could focus on getting better sleep or
go on a fast you could take a dieting
pill get lipos Section like there's
thousands of squares on the board but
which is at the center well when you
really boil it down to its essent weight
loss comes down to two things either you
burn more calories or you consume fewer
calories if you do that you're going to
lose weight but let's say you're a busy
bee and you can only commit to one of
these two options which is the better
Square exercise or nutrition so
thankfully the science on this is pretty
clear you can't out work your mouth for
example one Butterfinger is 275 calories
and to burn an equivalent to mount you'd
have to go for a 2 and 1/2 Mile Run good
luck exercise alone ain't going to get
you there then again good nutrition can
practically win the game on its own so
the correct strategic decision if you
can only choose one is to focus on your
nutrition all right so now let's apply
this framework to your business by
asking where is the center of your board
now as I see it there's three key
squares to control inside of a business
you have marketing that is how are you
getting customers you have operations
which is what is the actual product and
how do you deliver it to your customers
and then you have Finance which is how
do you manage the bank accounts to make
sure you don't run out of money while
you do number one and number two if
you're just starting out and you have
limited resources you'll probably not be
able to focus on all three squares
simultaneously which means you'll have
to decide which is the priority at any
given moment now if you don't have a
product to sell don't worry about
finance and marketing if you have a
product but no customers well then Focus
there in the beginning of every business
you the founder are literally every
piece on the board and unfortunately you
can't be everywhere all at once but
hopefully this framework of controlling
the center it gives you a useful frame
for Discerning where your focus should
be at any given moment until you can get
to that point where you can start hiring
other people to control squares on the
board for you and once you get to that
point it's time to master the next
framework which is to understand the
true value of a piece one of the first
things you learn in chess is that all
pieces have a different Value Pawns are
worth like a point Knights are usually
usually worth three points Bishops are
three to three and 1/2 points Rooks are
worth five the queen is worth nine and
the king is priceless because if you
lose him you lose the game now this is
just a quick easy way to calculate who
has the stronger Army at any given
moment for instance you could trade a
knight and a bishop which together are
worth about six points for a rook and a
pawn which are also worth about six
points or you could trade two Rooks for
a queen and a pawn all of which are
combined worth about 10 points all right
so this is a good starting point but
it's just the beginning because a
piece's true worth is actually relative
to something called board Dynamics again
think back to controlling the center a
knight in the center of the board has
more reach and influence and therefore
is more valuable than a knight in the
corner now one of the best examples I've
ever seen of this was in the 1985 World
Championship Match when Gary caspero
showed us that a single Knight if
positioned correctly can dominate a
queen and two Rooks simultaneously that
legendary little horsey was done the
octopus night and he lives on and infamy
to this very day at least amongst a very
small cabal of chest nerds like myself
so here's how to use this Frame to think
strategically inside of your business
the value of your people is dependent on
what they're capable of and where you
put them on the board Jim Collins
famously expressed this as getting the
right people on the bus into the right
seats and when you do this it's amazing
how much easier the game actually gets
but this doesn't just apply to business
this Frame can also work in your
personal life for example if you're
struggling with a problem let's say
weight loss the question we often ask is
how should I solve this but perhaps the
better question is who do I know that
could help me solve this maybe your best
friend's brother is a nutritionist and
you could reach out for guidance and
accountability Boom the problem just
became that much easier to solve now a
really great resource if you want to go
deeper on this topic is the book named
who not how by Benjamin Hardy and Dan
Sullivan highly recommend you you check
that out all right let's move on to the
third frame for thinking through
problems strategically this one is
called position before submission so in
chess there's a few different ways to
determine who's winning at any given
moment the most obvious way is you count
the pieces generally Whoever has the
more powerful Army has the advantage but
not always because like we just learned
in the previous two frames a smaller
Army occupying better terrain can hold
off a vastly superior force and we've
seen this multiple times throughout
history like really classic example is
the story of the 300 Spartans holding
back the Persian Empire at the Battle of
thermopolymerization
trying to submit one another one of the
biggest differences I noticed almost
immediately is that when you wrestle
with lower belts like a white belt or a
blue belt they're constantly looking for
the submission and you see the same
tendency when people first learn boxing
or M thae they're constantly looking for
that one punch kill shot that's going to
end the match instantly it doesn't
matter where these people are in the
position they're just throwing Haymakers
praying something lands if you compare
this to the more skilled Fighters the
black belts for example you you notice a
very very different strategy the upper
belts pretty much only ever go for
submissions after they've thoroughly
dominated the position they get to a
dominant position sitting on your chest
you got your arms spread over your head
all willy-nilly and then they finally
reach down and choke you out with
practically no effort the same thing
happens in chess in business and in life
new players fixate on attacking the
opponent's king at all costs and in the
process of hunting that Checkmate they
compromise their position Advanced
players understand that if you control
the position first the submissions will
naturally appear now I get it it's human
nature to want the easy solution that
one shot kill which is why trillions of
dollars are poured into Miracle fat loss
pills getrich quick schemes on YouTube
in the lottery somehow we think that if
we can just find that one little hack
everything in our life will fall into
place now I hate to be the bearer of bad
news but there is no hack not only that
but spending all your time looking for
one is what's keeping you from doing the
laborious work of controlling the
position that would if you give it
enough time lead to success so the
question to ask in all domains of your
life and business is what's it mean to
control the position here for me I like
to think a lot about the concept of
enironment design which is all about
setting up your life in such a way that
it creates a slippery slope towards your
goals now I unpacked this concept in
Greater detail in the video called how
to unfuck your life which I'll put a
link for down in the description but
before you check that out let's move on
on to our fourth mental frame for
thinking strategically in spoiler alert
this one is by far my favorite cuz it's
the one people think about the least I
call it owning the initiative all right
so we've already discussed two ways of
determining who has the advantage in a
game of chess You Can Count pieces to
figure out who has the more powerful
army or you can look at who's
controlling the position and these are
fairly straightforward and easy to
determine which is why most people
default to using them but there's
another way a top secret way that grand
Masters use to evaluate a position and
in my experience as the nth grade South
Dakota State chess champion this
Advantage is typically the one that
decides the game it's called the
initiative and it's determined by which
player is dictating the action that is
which player is acting and which is
reacting if you can answer that question
then you can reliably predict with a
high degree of certainty which player is
ultimately going to arise Victorious now
the classic example of this in my mind
is Napoleon who always just seemed to
have the initiative he dictated where
where when and how the action would
unfold and as a result despite often
having vastly inferior forces he still
managed to win time and time again in
business and in life a lack of skills or
experiences can often be overcome with
the appropriate amount of Gusto and the
reason for this is because the
initiative leads to momentum and
momentum is one hell of a thing it is
the cure to procrastination to overwhelm
to overthinking and more importantly
it's often The X Factor of success the
reason it tends to be so powerful is
because it Taps into a fundamental law
of the universe which is an object in
motion tends to stay in motion but
here's the problem and it's the reason
most of a struggle the reverse is also
true an object at rest tends to stay at
rest and if you've ever found yourself
feeling stuck in the mud of life like
you just can't get traction can't get
moving forward it's not your fault
getting momentum is the hardest part
because it requires an outsized amount
of what's called activation energy once
you've inserted that into the system the
energy required to suain sustain
progress substantially decreases I call
this maintenance energy and it's the
reason why it's easier to maintain your
current trajectory in life than it is to
change paths okay so the way we can use
this mental frame in the context of
thinking strategically is to understand
that when we're comparing two courses of
action often we'll overvalue the amount
of activation energy required to get
traction and undervalue the amount of
Maintenance energy required to sustain
for instance getting a W2 job requires
far less activation energy than starting
your own business however the day you
stop injecting maintenance energy into
your job is the day you stop getting
paid so you're going to have to pay this
cost of Maintenance energy into
perpetuity whereas in business if you
build it correctly the amount of
Maintenance energy that you'll
personally have to inject in the machine
is going to gradually decrease over time
and potentially even get to the point of
requiring zero energy from you and this
is when you're finally playing in the
arena of passive income or what what I
prefer to call leveraged income but
that's a different conversation entirely
if you want to learn more about
leveraged income I'll drop a video for
that down below but before you go check
that out I want to share with you one
more frame for thinking strategically
and this one is quite important because
it is as the name implies the hardest
move to find one of the greatest players
to never win a World Chess Championship
with a guy you probably never heard of
named vassel even chuk I think a lot
about this guy because he said something
that's stuck with me over the years he
said the hardest move to find is a night
Retreat which in my experience is true
but the question I always come back to
is why is it so hard to find well
there's really two reasons first
tactical retreats in games and in life
are always hard to see because we often
equate forward motion with progress if
we're not moving directly towards a goal
it can often feel like a waste of time
and energy now the second reason that a
night Retreat is so hard to find is the
result of the fact that the Knight
itself moves in a completely different
way than any other piece on the board
and particular there's one aspect of the
night's peculiar movement pattern that
can really screw with your mind that is
it can jump over other pieces when we
combine these two things we now have a
piece that moves in a very strange way
away from our goals as a result most
people never stop to even consider these
moves but the truth is sometimes taking
a step back is in fact the fastest way
to move forward for instance what of my
businesses back in 2018 was hyper
focused on growth we had poured a ton of
money into infrastructure and machines
for producing our products now we have
to drive a lot of Revenue to cover those
expenses now at that time we had one
massive customer in particular who
accounted for nearly 10% of our yearly
Revenue as you can imagine we were
terrified of losing this customer so we
would do pretty much anything and
everything to keep them happy the
problem was they were impossible to make
happy they called me at all hours of the
night they sent dozens of stressful
emails every single day to our shipping
manager and it got to the point that my
team and I were spending more time
dealing with them than we were with all
of our other customers combined
eventually we got to the point where we
finally saw the one move we've been
overlooking the entire time the Tactical
Retreat that is we fired that customer
and overnight our Revenue plummeted by
10% at a time when we really needed that
money but the result of that retreat was
that it freed up so much of my team's
time and mental bandwidth that we can
now pour into the other 90% of our
customers which led to a massive spike
in Revenue that far surpassed the % we'd
given up only a few months prior now the
moral of the story is that sometimes
taking a step back is in fact the
fastest and in many case the only way to
move forward so the question I like to
ask myself is what is the move that I'm
not even considering right now because
it just looks so wrong maybe that's
quitting your job maybe it's moving to
another city maybe it's ending a
relationship that no longer serves you
regardless of what it is answering that
question is often the key to finding the
winning move yo what's up guys thanks
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they're going to get first access to it
go find the link down in the comments
and we'll catch you guys in the next
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