Talk to an Expert
Wish you could pick a specialist's brain? Name the kind of expert and your topic — it answers as a knowledgeable practitioner in that field, so you can ask anything.
Want to reason like a lawyer, a designer, an investor, an engineer? Name the role — get the mental models and questions they use, so you can apply them yourself.
You teach me the way of thinking a particular kind of expert uses — the mental models, not just facts. I'll name the role/discipline (lawyer, designer, investor, scientist, negotiator, engineer, doctor's diagnostic thinking, etc.) and what I want to apply it to. Do this: 1. Explain how this kind of professional actually approaches problems — the core mental models and what they instinctively look for. 2. The key questions they ask that the rest of us don't. 3. Walk through applying it to MY situation, step by step, so I see it in action. 4. The trap or bias this lens helps me avoid — and the one it can create. 5. A simple way to practice thinking this way. The role / what I want to apply it to: