How to Think Like Elon Musk?
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Have you ever noticed how some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs and leaders see reality in a fundamentally different way? When they talk, it’s almost as if they’re speaking a foreign language. 
Musk sees people as computers, and he sees his brain software as the most essential product he owns.
Musk’s top priority is designing the software in his brain.
Musk’s top priority is designing the software in his brain.
"I do think there is a good framework for thinking. It is physics – you know the sort of first principles reasoning … What I mean by that is boil things down to their fundamental truths and reason up from there as opposed to reasoning by analogy."
- Elon Musk
- Elon Musk
From Elon Musk to Jeffy Bezos and Bill Gates, mental models are used by the most remarkable people.
A mental model?
Put simply, it’s a psychological explanation of how things work, providing with a new way to see the world; as a result, helping us make sense of reality.
A mental model?
Put simply, it’s a psychological explanation of how things work, providing with a new way to see the world; as a result, helping us make sense of reality.
The quality of our thinking is proportional to the models at our disposal.
Why?
Because the more models you have, the more likely you are to use the right ones to help you to see reality.
Why?
Because the more models you have, the more likely you are to use the right ones to help you to see reality.
7 Of the best Mental Models to get you started:
1. Inversion Mental Model
Rather than thinking about your desired outcome, consider the outcome you'd like to avoid.
"Avoiding stupidity is easier than seeking brilliance."
Rather than thinking about your desired outcome, consider the outcome you'd like to avoid.
"Avoiding stupidity is easier than seeking brilliance."
2. Circle of Competence
When ego drives you, you have blind spots.
When you’re honest with yourself, you know where you’re vulnerable and where you can improve.
Understanding your circle of competence improves decision-making and outcomes.
When ego drives you, you have blind spots.
When you’re honest with yourself, you know where you’re vulnerable and where you can improve.
Understanding your circle of competence improves decision-making and outcomes.
3. Relativity
“If the earth is moving through space, how come I don’t notice?”
The answer is “Relativity”!
It can also show us the limits of our perception. And how we must be open to other perspectives if we truly want to understand the results of our actions.
“If the earth is moving through space, how come I don’t notice?”
The answer is “Relativity”!
It can also show us the limits of our perception. And how we must be open to other perspectives if we truly want to understand the results of our actions.
4. Occam's Razor
The simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
If you're trying to understand what happened, develop the most basic hypothesis possible.
The simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
If you're trying to understand what happened, develop the most basic hypothesis possible.
5. Illusion of Control
The illusion of control is a bias that leads us to assume that we have complete control over the outcome of a situation in an instance where we do not.
Not everything in life is within our control.
The illusion of control is a bias that leads us to assume that we have complete control over the outcome of a situation in an instance where we do not.
Not everything in life is within our control.
6. Randomness
Much of the world is composed of random, non-sequential, non-ordered events.
“Life is randomness, don’t expect to understand it. Learn to live it.” – Evol
Some events are impossible to predict.
Much of the world is composed of random, non-sequential, non-ordered events.
“Life is randomness, don’t expect to understand it. Learn to live it.” – Evol
Some events are impossible to predict.
7. Opportunity Costs
Doing one thing means not being able to do another.
We live in a world of trade-offs, and the concept of opportunity cost rules all.
Is "the juice worth the squeeze?"
Everything has an opportunity cost.
Doing one thing means not being able to do another.
We live in a world of trade-offs, and the concept of opportunity cost rules all.
Is "the juice worth the squeeze?"
Everything has an opportunity cost.
If you want to think like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, mental models are the key.
But mental models aren’t easily accessible.
Once you start implementing them daily, they will become internalized. When that happens, it’s a game-changer, and you can use models for everything.
But mental models aren’t easily accessible.
Once you start implementing them daily, they will become internalized. When that happens, it’s a game-changer, and you can use models for everything.
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Get your copy, be a pioneer:
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