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This week we're diving into career choices for ambitious people, useful mental models and how to become an expert, alongside other fun pieces that are thought-provoking.

BrainPint is a kind of like a brain buffet, you probably won't click into everything, but it's highly likely find a interesting or insightful link each week that either delights or helps you learn something new. Thanks for always reading!

Cheers,
Janel

Useful Mental Models
Gabriel Weinberg shares the mental models he finds repeatedly useful in this article, which then went on to form the basis of the book Super Thinking, which I love.

Climbing The Wrong Hill
Do you consider yourself an ambitious person? Are you contemplating a career change? Click on in. "People early in their career should meander some in your walk (especially early on), randomly drop yourself into new parts of the terrain, and when you find the highest hill, don’t waste any more time on the current hill no matter how much better the next step up might appear." Don't get trapped on lower hills, as that leads to stagnant growth and plateaued learning.

How To Film A Burger Falling Perfectly Into A Model's Hand
Behind the scenes with a production company that specialises in food shots using robotic rigs.

How To Become An Expert
The drive to become an expert – to become as good as we can be, at whatever we’ve chosen to do – is something we all share. In this article, we explore how to become one.

• Identify where you are on the journey. Ask yourselves different questions at different stages to bring yourself forward.
• Use errors as a learning opportunity. Whenever you make a serious mistake, talk to a trusted person and reflect on how you can change it into a positive opportunity.
• Be patient, seek out the nutrients and avoid the toxins. Seek out nurturing environments (people, communities, spaces) and avoid negative societal, personal, peer pressures.

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Untools - A free collection of thinking tools and frameworks to help you solve problems, make decisions and understand systems.

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Height - Project management that works for the whole team. From marketing to engineering to operations, share one tool across the company to track your work. Get started for free.

Tech Productivity – A brief, weekly newsletter featuring productivity tools and apps, along with articles on remote work, focus, work culture, brain science, and more.

Growth Newsletter breaks down the strategies fast-growing startups use to grow. Step-by-step, they walk through the best tactics. For free. Every week.

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Age Geek - Discover what others achieved when they were your exact age.

PlayPhrase - Website that plays a movie clip of a phrase you type. Oh yeah, that's right.