Mental models are fascinating exercises. They’re not just for geeks and shelf-help junkies. They’re for anyone who wants to sharpen their cognitive awareness.

Recently, I discovered a group called Thinknetic. They have a great line of learning materials including a visual display titled Break Your Thinking Patterns – 21 Timeless Cognitive Tools to Make Smarter Decisions.

This short pot of gold covers good stuff like Socratic Questions, Logical Fallacies, Cognitive Biases, Cognitive Distortions, Heuristics, and Mental Models.

Here are six screenshots of their infographics.

Kill Zoners – Are any of these familiar? Are these models useful in your day-to-day world? Have you applied them? Don’t be shy about commenting!