The 2035 Mind: 30 Mental Models for Exponential Wealth

In 2008, a broke designer couldn't pay his rent.

So he bought three air mattresses and charged strangers $80 to sleep on his floor.

Everyone said it was the stupidest idea they'd ever heard.

Today, Airbnb is worth $93 billion.

The difference between Brian Chesky and the 100,000 MBA students being taught "the right way" to start a business in 2008?

Perception.

He saw something they couldn't.

Right now, in 2025, there are opportunities worth hundreds of billions of dollars sitting in plain sight.

You can't see them.

Not because you're not smart enough.

Because you're looking through the same lens as everyone else.

This book installs new lenses. 30 of them.

The same mental models that:

• Identified the $150B smartphone economy before apps existed
• Created the PayPal Mafia ($300B+ in combined value)
• Powered Berkshire Hathaway to $900B+
• Saved Apple from bankruptcy → $3 trillion
• Explained why 5 companies are worth $10 trillion

By the time you finish this book, you will see opportunities 18-36 months before everyone else.

That window—between "crazy" and "obvious"—is where fortunes are built.

THE PROMISE

Buy this book if you want to:

❌ Stop competing with 10,000 people doing the same thing

❌ Stop building linearly (more effort = slightly more results)

❌ Stop chasing what everyone's chasing (and arriving too late)

❌ Stop waiting for the "perfect idea" while time passes

✅ See patterns before they're patterns

✅ Position yourself 18-36 months early (before competition)

✅ Structure your life for nonlinear returns (10x, not 10%)

✅ Make asymmetric bets (can't lose much, could win everything)

✅ Think through multiple lenses simultaneously (like the top 1%)

THE PROOF

These models have a $4+ trillion track record.

Model #1 (Adjacent Possible): Jeff Bezos used this in 1994. Saw internet growing 2,300%/year. Started Amazon with books (easy to ship). Didn't predict "everything store"—saw what was newly possible and moved. Worth $1.5 trillion today.

Model #7 (Power Laws): Peter Thiel used this in 2004. Everyone said "social networks are for college kids." He saw power law dynamics (winner-take-all). Invested $500K in Facebook. Made $1+ billion. One decision. 2,000x return.

Model #13 (S-Curves & Hype Cycles): Michael Burry used this in 2005. Everyone saw "housing boom." He saw unsustainable math (prices rising 20%/year, incomes 2%). Bet against it. Made $700M in 2008 while everyone else lost.

Model #27 (Effectuation): Airbnb used this. Started with what they had (apartment, air mattresses). Made $240 the first weekend. Didn't write business plan. Let market guide them. $93B company emerged.

These are not lucky guesses, but pattern recognition mechanisms.

THE PAIN

The gap between who you are now and who you could be in 10 years isn't effort.

Everyone works hard.

It's not information.

Everyone has Google.

It's perception.

And you're currently seeing through consensus reality—the same lens as everyone else.

Right now, you're probably:

🔴 Chasing opportunities everyone already sees (which means you're late)

🔴 Spreading effort across 10 things (instead of finding the 1 power law bet)

🔴 Taking risks that could ruin you (instead of structuring convex bets)

🔴 Optimizing for linear returns (10% better) when wealth is nonlinear (100x different)

🔴 Waiting for perfect conditions (instead of starting with what you have)

🔴 Following what everyone else wants (mimetic desire) thinking it's your authentic goal

🔴 Thinking 1 move ahead (while top 1% think 3 moves ahead)

By 2027, the opportunities you can see today will be saturated.

By 2030, they will be over.

The people who win are the ones who saw them in 2025.

That's you. If you act now.

THE TRANSFORMATION

After reading this book, here's what happens:

MONTH 1:

• You'll spot 3-5 opportunities you couldn't see before (Adjacent Possible)
• You'll remove one major thing draining your energy (Via Negativa)
• You'll catch yourself wanting something because others want it (Mimetic Desire)
• You'll start something using only what you have (Effectuation)

MONTH 3:

• You'll restructure 2 commitments for optionality (keep options open)
• You'll make 1 asymmetric bet (capped downside, unlimited upside)
• You'll think 2-3 moves ahead automatically (Second-Order Thinking)
• You'll see which technologies are in "Trough" (everyone gave up, but they're not dead)

MONTH 6:

• One small bet from Month 1 starts showing results
• You'll spot patterns 12-24 months before peers
• You'll turn down a "good" opportunity because it closes better ones
• People start asking: "How did you see that coming?"

MONTH 12:

• Your trajectory shifts from linear to exponential
• One decision from Month 1 creates more value than previous 5 years
• You're positioned where everyone will be in 18 months
• Your 2026 self is unrecognizable from your 2025 self

By 2027:

• You're thinking 3-5 years ahead of where you were
• Multiple bets compound simultaneously
• You're playing a different game than everyone else
• Your 2035 self sends you a thank-you note

THE STAKES

We're entering a 18-month window (2025 October -April 2027) where:

✅ AI crosses "good enough" threshold

✅ No-code tools become legitimately powerful

✅ One-person companies can do what 20-person teams did in 2020

The Adjacent Possible just shifted.

The people who see it NOW will capture 10-100x the value of people who see it in 2027.

Two versions of you exist:

Version 1: Reads this page. Thinks "interesting." Does nothing. Returns to consensus thinking. Watches others execute ideas you could've seen first. Wonders in 2030 why you're still stuck.

Version 2: Reads this book. Internalizes 5-10 models. Makes asymmetric bets. Sees opportunities 18 months early. Positions before competition. Builds the life your 2035 self is living.

Which version will you be?

THE OFFER

WHAT YOU GET:

📘 The Complete Book (200+ pages, all 30 models in full depth, $35 value)

• Part 1: The Perception Shift (6 models)
• Part 2: Nonlinear Wealth Architecture (6 models)
• Part 3: The Prediction Engine (8 models)
• Part 4: The Multidisciplinary Advantage (6 models)
• Part 5: The Inventor's Lens (4 models)
• Complete Synthesis & Action Plan, The 30-Day Activation Protocol

100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE

Read the entire book.

Apply at least 5 models for 90 days.

If you don't see at least ONE opportunity you couldn't see before, or if your thinking hasn't shifted in any measurable way...

Email me. I'll refund you immediately. No questions. No hassle.

Why?

Because these models work. I've seen them work for 200+ entrepreneurs I've studied. I've tested them myself building multiple businesses. I teach them to executives in London, Cambridge, and Norwich.

If they don't work for you, I don't deserve your money.

That's how confident I am.

LIMITED TIME OFFER

Early Bird Pricing ($5) available for first 20 buyers only.

After that, price increases to $7.

At 100 copies sold, price increases to $9.

At 200 copies sold, price increases to $12.

At 500 copies sold, price increases to $14.

Why?

Because I want this in the hands of people who'll actually use it. Not collectors. Not shelf-sitters. Doers.

The early bird discount rewards fast decision-makers.

The people who act quickly are the same people who'll use these models.

THE AUTHORITY

Why should you trust me?

I'm Dr. Fahri Karakas.

I spent 15 years in academia teaching 6,000+ students, publishing 30+ papers in top journals, winning awards for research on how wealth-builders think differently.

Then I had a crisis.

I realized: I was teaching entrepreneurship without being an entrepreneur. I was researching decision-making without making real bets. I was studying wealth creation from the outside.

So I quit the traditional academic track and started building.

Since 2020, I've:

• Written 2,250+ articles on Medium (testing what resonates in real markets)
• Created 1,300+ YouTube videos (building in public)
• Started multiple one-person businesses using these exact models
• Taught executives of multinational companies how to see differently
• Tested every model in this book on myself first

This isn't academic theory dressed as business advice.

This is a field report from someone in the field, using these models right now, in 2025, documenting what works.

I'm not selling you models I studied. I'm sharing models I use.

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I don't know your specific situation.

Maybe you're a solopreneur building a business.

Maybe you're stuck in a job wondering what's next.

Maybe you're an investor looking for edge.

Maybe you're just someone who knows there's a better way to think but hasn't found it yet.

What I do know:

The models in this book have a $4+ trillion track record.

They've identified opportunities years early, repeatedly, across decades.

They've created fortunes for people who were in the right place at the right time—but only because they could SEE the right place before anyone else.

You're at a decision point.

Two paths:

Path 1: Close this tab. Return to consensus thinking. Keep doing what you're doing. Hope things change. Watch others build what you could've built. Wonder in 2030 why you're still stuck.

Path 2: Invest $5 (less than a sandwich). Read this book. Internalize 5-10 models. Start seeing differently. Make asymmetric bets. Position 18 months early. Build the life your 2035 self is living.

The gap between these two paths compounds.

In 1 year: Small difference.

In 3 years: Noticeable divergence.

In 5 years: Unrecognizable.

In 10 years: Two completely different lives.

Michael Burry saw 2008 in 2005. Jeff Bezos saw Amazon in 1994.

In 2008, 100,000 MBA students were taught "the right way." Brian Chesky bought air mattresses. They said he was crazy. He built a $93B company. The difference was perception. Get yours now.

What will you see in 2025 that everyone else sees in 2027?

Your 2035 self is waiting.

They know whether you clicked the button below.

They know which version of you they became.

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