Are these "models"? They sound more like principles/tactics. Perhaps I'm being pedantic, but I say this because I've been thinking a lot lately about what I consider to be mental models: A fleshed-out mental image of the way a real-life thing works.

It took me a while to fully grasp the benefit of that definition of a mental model: Once you have formed a strong mental image of how a thing works or how a situation should be, you have a powerful ability to compare and notice when things are out of alignment with that mental model, and can even notice this misalignment subconsciously.

If the misalignment is because your mental model is wrong or incomplete, it's a great learning opportunity. If the misalignment is because something is wrong with the situation, you're more likely to spot problems that might otherwise have gone unnoticed.

Anyway, to the article: Some good principles here (I currently follow a number of them), but mostly just a summary without much detail.