Knowledge
New facts can help you revise beliefs and choose practical ways to pursue a goal.
THE IDEA
Knowledge
Knowledge lets you revise beliefs using facts and put those beliefs to use in pursuing a goal. For example, if you want to avoid a long wait at the DMV, check whether the location’s Google listing includes a graph of busy times. If it does, that information may help you choose a less busy time to visit.
When to use it
Planning visits to crowded places, such as the DMV or a grocery store, using available busyness data.
Making informed business decisions by researching consumer behavior patterns.
Amending personal beliefs about productivity by learning evidence-based time management techniques.
FROM THEORY TO EVERYDAY LIFE
In practice
Using Knowledge to Minimize DMV Wait Time
You want to avoid long lines at the DMV. If the location’s Google listing shows busy times, you can use that information to plan a visit during a less busy period.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
Put it to work.
Think of a current goal you have. What fact-based knowledge could help you adjust your approach to achieve it more effectively?
How can you actively seek out knowledge to amend a long-held belief that may be limiting your decisions?
In what areas of your life could you apply the strategy of using available data (like Google's busyness graphs) to make better choices?
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
Source texts
- Thinking in Systems and Mental Models Think Like a Super Thinker (Dawson, Marcus P)