Mental Models and Second-Order Thinking

This is the time of year I start asking myself – what do I wish I’d started at this time last year – no, to be more concise what do I wish I’d started and consistently kept doing since this time last year?

Or I’m asking myself that question because I just read a the chapter on 2nd Order Thinking in Shane Parrishe’s 1st edition of Mental Models. Deciding whether or not I was going to sit down and record the books I’ve been reading – as I said I was going to do last year. I suppose this isn’t a precise application – in fact it might be a combination of several of the mental models he’s written about – inversion – instead of asking or before I ask – what will happen if I record all of the books I read – here on this website – I’m asking what would have been the consequences of having done it already. Every year I wish I had kept track of everything I’d read and every year I don’t.

What if I’d started doing 1 actionable thing from every non-fiction book I’ve read going back for all time – my time that is. Had I done that how might my life be different (thought experiment)