Uncle Eric Talks about Personal, Career, and Financial Security

Book excerpt: In this extensively revised and expanded second edition, Uncle Eric introduces the concept of model. Models (or paradigms) are how people think; they are how we understand our world. Models help us recognize and use the information that is important and bypass that which is not. To achieve success in our careers, investments, and every other part of our lives, we need sound models. In this book, Mr. Maybury introduces the models he has found most useful (Economics and Higher Law). This is the first book in the Uncle Eric series and, while designed to stand alone, provides an excellent foundation for Maybury's other books.Quality paper, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", 192 pages. Ages 14 through Adult.Table of Contents for Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career, and Financial SecurityUncle Eric's Model of How the World WorksStudy Guide AvailbleAuthor's DisclosurePart One: How the Mind Works1. How We Understand Our World2. Building Mental Pictures3. Sorting Data4. Where is the Evidence?5. How to Learn or Teach Models6. Two Highly Important Models7. History Without Models8. A Model for Selecting Models9. Does it Predict?10. A Way to Test a Model You Are Not Qualified to Test11. Beware of Tautology12. How to Control People13. Cognitive Dissonance14. How to Stop Learning15. Automatic Evil16. Models Tend to Merge17. How to Get Started Learning ModelsPart Two: The Best Model for Success18. What is Success?19. A Short History of Models for Success20. Another Mouth to Feed21. A Model Born of Desperation22. Making Your Model Work23. How to Acquire a Business24. What Kind of Millionaire Do You Want to Be?25. Savings and Investments26. Social Security27. Real Estate and Debt28. Investment Advisors29. Negative Real Interest Rates30. How to Keep What You Have Earned31. SummaryAppendixBibliography and Suggested ReadingGlossaryAbout Richard J. MayburyIndex