Analogy allows us to operate with speed, but we sacrifice originality because it's based on comparison and short cuts. First principles allows us to operation with originality, but we need to go through every step to get to the most basic building blocks of what we believe to be true. And so i want to leave you with an exercise to flex your inner elon. I want you to think about something that you'd love to get done, but you can't ever find the ime to do. Ask why five times and see if in asking this series of wys, you get the root cause,. The true truth of you're not doing that thing. So here's my quick
In this classic episode, I celebrate the birthday of Elon Musk by breaking the second powerful mental model that he uses to run his businesses: First Principles Thinking
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