# Mental Models > "What is elementary, worldly wisdom? Well, the first rule is that you can’t really know anything if you just remember isolated facts and try and bang ’em back. If the facts don’t hang together on a latticework of theory, you don’t have them in a usable form. You’ve got to have models in your head. And you’ve got to array your experience — both vicarious and direct — on this latticework of models. (...) What are the models? Well, the first rule is that you’ve got to have multiple models — because if you just have one or two that you’re using, the nature of human psychology is such that you’ll torture reality so that it fits your models, or at least you’ll think it does. (...) And the models have to come from multiple disciplines — because all the wisdom of the world is not to be found in one little academic department." -Charlie Munger, [A Lesson on Elementary, Worldly Wisdom As It Relates To Investment Management & Business](https://old.ycombinator.com/munger.html) ## Links * [Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions](https://fs.blog/mental-models/) by Farnam Street * available as a book: [The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44245196-the-great-mental-models) by Shane Parrish * [What are mental models?](https://mentalmodels.princeton.edu/about/what-are-mental-models/) * [Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful](https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-useful-936f1cc405d) by Gabriel Weinberg, * now also in book form: [Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41181911-super-thinking) * [Ask HN: What books have made the biggest impact on your mental models?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15155833) * [Mental Models: Learn How to Think Better and Gain a Mental Edge](https://jamesclear.com/mental-models) by James Clear * [Mental Models](https://www.safalniveshak.com/mental-models/) by Safal Niveshak * [It’s Not Easy](https://www.oaktreecapital.com/docs/default-source/memos/2015-09-09-its-not-easy.pdf) by Howard Marks * Tren Griffin: A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Charlie Munger about: [Making Rational Decisions](https://25iq.com/2015/08/22/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-about-making-rational-decisions/), [Mental Models and Worldly Wisdom](https://25iq.com/2015/08/22/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-about-mental-models-and-worldly-wisdom/), [Benjamin Graham’s Value Investing System](https://25iq.com/2015/08/29/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-about-benjamin-grahams-value-investing-system/), [Risk](https://25iq.com/2015/09/05/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-about-risk-2/), [Inversion](https://25iq.com/2015/09/12/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-about-inversion-including-the-importance-of-being-consistently-not-stupid-2/), [Mistakes](https://25iq.com/2015/09/19/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-about-mistakes/), [The Berkshire System](https://25iq.com/2015/09/26/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-about-the-berkshire-system/), [Capital Allocation](https://25iq.com/2015/10/03/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-about-capital-allocation/), [Moats](https://25iq.com/2015/10/10/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-about-moats/), [how he Thinks like Philip Tetlock's Superforecasters](https://25iq.com/2015/10/17/a-dozen-ways-charlie-munger-thinks-like-philip-tetlock-suggests-in-his-new-book-superforecasting/), [Ethics](https://25iq.com/2015/10/24/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-about-ethics/), [Distilled to less than 500 Words](https://25iq.com/2015/10/30/a-dozen-things-ive-learned-from-charlie-munger-distilled-to-less-than-500-words/), [How does Charlie Munger recommend dealing with adversity?](https://25iq.com/2015/11/14/charlie-munger-ama-how-does-charlie-munger-recommend-dealing-with-adversity/) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://wiki.stojanow.com/mental-models.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.