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Cognitive Stretch

Stretch Your Thinking Capacity

Five exercises. Five mental models. Each one forces a higher-order thinking pattern. No memorization — pure cognitive load.

Exercise 1 of 5

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Second-Order Thinking

A first-order decision is obvious. A CEO sees what happens 3 steps downstream. Trace the chain.

Scenario

You decide to cut your sales team's commission rate by 15% to improve margins this quarter.

What is the most likely THIRD-ORDER consequence of this decision?