Here’s the slide deck [PDF] from a Michael Dearing presentation called “The Five Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done.” As Kottke points out, a lot of context is missing, but what’s there is fascinating — an enumeration of the blind spots of “people who get extraordinary stuff done in Silicon Valley,” based on interviews with 4,515 founders from 2,481 companies.
1. Personal exceptionalism
2. Dichotomous thinking
3. Correct overgeneralization
4. Blank canvas thinking
5. Schumpeterianism
The Five Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done [PDF]
(via Kottke)