Mental Models of Highly Successful People (Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Andy Grove, and Others) - Deepstash
Mental Models of Highly Successful People (Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Andy Grove, and Others)

Mental Models of Highly Successful People (Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Andy Grove, and Others)

You can “borrow” mental models of people you admire; Ask yourself, what would they say in the face of any particular challenge you are trying to solve.

Read about their thought process if they have talked about or written about it.

Ellon Musk uses first principles thinking; we all assume too many things

Strip the things down to basics and start the logical thought process from beginning

Go deeper into the idea and build your way back up

Peter Thiel’s core model

Based on René Girard’s teachings about mimetic behaviors (people copying behavior between each other)

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