https://alamrafiul.com/tags/inversion/ Recent content in Inversion on Rafiul Alam https://alamrafiul.com/papermod-cover.png https://alamrafiul.com/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://alamrafiul.com/blogs/how-to-think/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://alamrafiul.com/blogs/how-to-think/ <p>Most of education teaches you <strong>what</strong> to think. Almost none of it teaches you <strong>how</strong> to think.</p> <p>Yet the quality of your thinking determines the quality of your decisions, and your decisions determine the trajectory of your life.</p> <p>Here are 10 mental models that fundamentally change how you approach problems.</p> <hr> <h2 id="1-first-principles-thinking">1. First Principles Thinking</h2> <p><strong>Strip away assumptions. Reason from fundamental truths.</strong></p> <p>Most people think by analogy: &ldquo;This is like that, so I&rsquo;ll do what others did.&rdquo; First principles thinking asks: &ldquo;What do I know to be absolutely true? What can I build from there?&rdquo;</p>