Using Decision Trees

We are wired to want to fit in socially, meaning not going against the flow. But courage is a skill that can be practiced by doing little things that cause you to feel uncomfortable and socially awkward, but with zero real negative impact.

Your analytical skills have to be honed in and this involves frequently brainstorming, preparing for worst-case scenarios and working around your own limitations.

Warren Buffett attributes a large part of his success to consistently avoiding preventable mistakes by religiously following basic tenets and ideas he knows will work.

To counteract the often negative influence emotions can have in investment decisions, Buffett uses several checklists, incl...

Become the best in one core area by continually investing in it over time, rather than jumping from trend to trend and starting over each time.

To apply this principle to your business, identify a core customer need that will likely stay the same (even as technology and culture evolve) to w...

One of the best ways to get information is not from just being better at searching Google, it’s from learning how to build a network and get the information you need through that network. 

This network should include people’s lessons learned and hacks, topics that are too sensitive to talk ...

Elon Musk uses decision trees to make big decisions (a tool that uses a tree-like graph or model of decisions and their possible consequences, outcomes, and resources). They are particularly useful for avoiding stupid risks and big bets that aren’t likely to succeed.

Most became a billionai...

• Get close to people who have accomplished what you want to accomplish. 
• Learn from other fields and bring insights into your own to find unique perspectives.
• Build a lab, not an experiment. The more experiments you make the more you learn.
• Be good at pulling out the w...

Things constantly go wrong no matter how smart and hardworking you are. So, continuously and methodically consider ways a plan could go wrong and plan how to avoid each obstacle.

Make a list of how to fail, so you will be prepared when roadblocks come. Apply this principle by listing the wa...

Doing what everyone else does is going to bring you average results. 

Whenever you’re betting against the consensus there’s a significant probability you’re going to be wrong, so you have to be humble, seek out and understand relevant information and learn to analyze things differently. 

• Brainstorm as much as you can to avoid availability bias (choosing the first solution that comes to mind rather than the best solution).
• Test as many potential solutions as you can afford to. This avoids the confirmation bias of rationalizing the one solution you...