Coaching practices for Mapping Expertise Honestly
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I know in the abstract that I have blind spots, but I couldn’t name a single one
- I notice I believe things mostly based on who said them
- I keep telling myself this new situation is "just like" something I’ve handled before because they look so alike on the surface, but my plan based on that comparison keeps falling flat
- I’m operating on some picture of how this situation works, but it’s all running in the background where I can’t actually inspect it
- I can find my way around places I know without a second thought, yet I can’t hold an ordered set of facts in my head
Practices that may help
- Map your Johari Window with a trusted person
Identify what is open, hidden, and blind in a specific relationship or role.
The Johari Window - Evaluate the argument structure, not the source
Map the logic and evaluate it independently of who made the argument.
Argument Mapping - Map the relational structure, not the surface features
Ask what relationships are shared between domains, not just what objects look similar.
Analogical Reasoning - Name your model explicitly
Make the map visible by articulating your current model of the situation in plain language.
The Map Is Not the Territory - Place pegged items along a memory palace route
Walk a familiar route in your mind and deposit vivid images at each location.
Peg System Mnemonics, Made Practical - Look for what your map omits
Every model leaves something out — deliberately search for your blind spots.
The Map Is Not the Territory - Constantly distinguish the map from the territory
A model is a simplification — know precisely where yours breaks down.
Mental Models: Charlie Munger’s Latticework Approach - Map relationships, not just items
Use concept maps to encode how ideas connect, giving structure a spatial form.
Dual Coding: Learn With Words and Pictures Together - Add the strongest objection to every major supporting reason
For each supporting reason, find the best counter and put it on the map.
Argument Mapping - Argument Mapping
Argument mapping is the practice of drawing the logical structure of an argument as a diagram — claims, supporting reasons, objections, and rebuttals made spatially explicit. Developed into a pedagogical system by Tim van Gelder, it is one of the few critical-thinking interventions with controlled-study support: students who learned argument mapping showed significantly larger gains in reasoning ability than those in conventional classes.
Related concerns
- Argument Mapping At Work
Argument mapping is the practice of drawing the logical structure of an argument as a diagram — claims, supporting reasons, objections, and rebuttals made spatially explicit. Developed into a pedagogical system by Tim van Gelder, it is one of the few critical-thinking interventions with controlled-study support: students who learned argument mapping showed significantly larger gains in reasoning ability than those in conventional classes.
- Cognitive Maps
Assign distinct colors to different first-level branches and use simple images at key nodes to activate visual memory.
Use colors and images to encode categories and relationships
- Map Territory Thinking
Alfred Korzybski’s insight is that every mental model, belief, or representation of reality is a simplification of the actual thing — and mistaking your map for the territory causes errors in judgment, conflict, and rigidity. The practice is to hold your models loosely, update them from evidence, and remain curious about what your model is leaving out.
- Assumption Mapping
Argument mapping is the practice of drawing the logical structure of an argument as a diagram — claims, supporting reasons, objections, and rebuttals made spatially explicit. Developed into a pedagogical system by Tim van Gelder, it is one of the few critical-thinking interventions with controlled-study support: students who learned argument mapping showed significantly larger gains in reasoning ability than those in conventional classes.
- Map Is Not The Territory
Alfred Korzybski’s insight is that every mental model, belief, or representation of reality is a simplification of the actual thing — and mistaking your map for the territory causes errors in judgment, conflict, and rigidity. The practice is to hold your models loosely, update them from evidence, and remain curious about what your model is leaving out.
- Map Vs Territory Thinking
Alfred Korzybski’s insight is that every mental model, belief, or representation of reality is a simplification of the actual thing — and mistaking your map for the territory causes errors in judgment, conflict, and rigidity. The practice is to hold your models loosely, update them from evidence, and remain curious about what your model is leaving out.
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