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First Principles and the Art of Thinking like Elon Musk
Like Aristotle, Euclid, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla; Elon has a method to his “thinking different” madness. It’s called First principles thinking and anyone can use it.
13 Mental Models Every Founder Should Know
Mental models are to your brain as apps are to your smartphone. Just like apps, there are a ton of mental models. They help you make decisions, solve problems and see the world in an entirely new way… they basically make your brain more useful.
Charlie Munger, Mental Models, and Making Better Decisions in Business and Life
What can Charlie Munger, a billionaire, Warren Buffett’s business partner, and vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, teach you about success? A lot. He’s spent over 50 years transforming himself into one of the shrewdest men in business. He’s Buffett’s right-hand man....
Is an MBA Still Necessary
It used to be that top corporations picked up MBA graduates as fast as schools could slap mortarboards on their heads. These young guns drove corporate reorganization, product innovation and marketing and implemented new styles of leadership. They were a symbol of a...
Can Our Childhood Really Predict Our Future? –
Our childhood experiences, which include parents, combined with our own personalities, our reaction to siblings and peers and the context of our lives send us off on a path with a particular set of beliefs and patterns. Here are 6 Myths and Facts about the connection...
What We Expect From Ourselves And Others Often Becomes Reality
The Pygmalion effect is the finding by social psychologist Robert Rosenthal “that what one person expects of another can come to serve as a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Rosenthal and his coauthor Lenore Jacobson coined the term to describe the striking results of an...
Skipping the MBA and Questioning the Benefits of College – Why is it Uncomfortable?
I make the case that you don't have to go to business school to learn practical business skills and do well in the working world. In fact, skipping the MBA may actually help you be more successful in the long run. That's a position that makes many people...
Life’s Stories
How you arrange the plot points of your life into a narrative can shape who you are—and is a fundamental part of being human. In telling the story of how you became who you are, and of who you're on your way to becoming, the story itself becomes a part of who you are....
Why (and How) Some People Succeed in Business Without Getting an MBA
The list of successful businesspeople without MBAs is long, and cited often enough to be a cliché. Folks like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Sam Walton, and Anita Roddick don't have MBAs, and have done quite well for themselves as CEOs of large companies. And...
How your personality affects your life story – with psychologist Dan McAdams
How do you tell the story of your life? Turns out a big part of your personality are the snapshots of experiences you assemble and re-assemble of your past and future. Of course, that means that you can curate and shape those things, refine them based on what works...