Ady asks the MoTaverse #3
21 Aug 2026
In my previous 'ask the MoTaverse,' I wanted to know what people thought of my mindset model. You can still comment, but I've done a new graphic. Those who have seen my stuff will recognise the layout for my accessibility quadrants. I'm not afraid to recycle a good idea. So two quick questions this time.
Any thoughts on the model?
Any thoughts on which graphic is better?
Thank you, and watch out for some sample text from the book soon.
Any thoughts on the model?
Any thoughts on which graphic is better?
Thank you, and watch out for some sample text from the book soon.
Ady Stokes
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Demi Van Malcot
This graphic is more modern and simplistic than the other one (I liek the colors better).
But it's somehow giving a different meaning to the model 🤔The other graphic made it seem liek just a lsit of the mindsets and what's included there. This one makes me think that the mindsets are connected and as a consequences there are some middle grounds between the mindsets that ar enext to each other. Also makign the diagonal pairs seem like opposites of each other.
Not sure if that is what you're going for.
Kyle Parris
This feels very similar to the idea of profiles of users. Checking if your Alice (Power User) can still use the system in the same way as Charles (brand new user). It feels like there are a few things this doesn't account for like Intuition when using a product.
Simon Tomes
I like where you're going with this.
How about something like this?
- Remove the underlined category headers
- Add "Challenging" to the bottom axis
- Add "Open" to the top axis
- Add "Grounded" to the left axis
- Add "Unconstrained" to the right axis
Ady Stokes
Thank you all for your thoughts
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