Musk’s “learning transfer” superpower
Starting from his early teenage years, Musk would read through two books per day in various disciplines according to his brother. If you read one book a month, Musk would read 60 times as many books as you.
Musk is also good at a very specific type of learning that most others aren’t even aware of — learning transfer. This means taking what we learn in one context and applying it to another. It can be taking a kernel of what we learn in school or in a book and applying it to the “real world.” It can also be taking what we learn in one industry and applying it to another.
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