THINK LIKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST

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THINK LIKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST

A mind map book summary for "Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life" In this accessible and practical book, Ozan Varol reveals nine simple strategies from rocket science that you can use to make your own giant leaps in work and life -- whether it's landing your dream job, accelerating your business, learning a new skill, or creating the next breakthrough product. Today, thinking like a rocket scientist is a necessity. We all encounter complex and unfamiliar problems in our lives. Those who can tackle these problems -- without clear guidelines and with the clock ticking -- enjoy an extraordinary advantage. Think Like a Rocket Scientist will inspire you to take your own moonshot and enable you to achieve liftoff.

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THINK LIKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life

The race to the moon generated a new set of nine main principles which would later be termed "critical thinking skills" which the rocket scientists used to pull off what seemed impossible. Just like a rocket, these principles can be batched into three stages:

1st stage – Launch – Principles 1 - 4

1. BE COMFORTABLE WITH UNCERTAINTY

2. REASON FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES

3. USE THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS

4. FIND MOONSHOTS – RADICAL IDEAS

To think like a rocket scientist, you first have to ignite your thinking. This will be a matter of using uncertainty to your advantage, and having the discipline to always reason from first principles. You also need to avoid the status quo's invisible rules which constrain your thinking, and look for the elegance that comes from subtracting rather than adding all the time. Rocket scientists, businesses, and world-class performers have always used thought experiments and moonshot thinking to come up with original ideas, and you should too.

2nd stage – Accelerate – Principles 5 - 7

5. REFRAME YOUR QUESTIONS

6. FLIP-FLOP TO SMARTER DECISIONS

7. TEST AS YOU FLY, FLY AS YOU TEST

Once you've generated some original ideas in the first stage, you then need to propel your ideas forward and see which can stand on their own two feet. The best way to do that is by reframing your questions to open up more possibilities, and by testing and experimenting like a rocket scientist. Astronauts train for years to be able to respond immediately to worst case scenarios, and you should take that as a clue for your own success.

3rd stage – Achieve – Principles 8 - 9

8. NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE FAILURE

9. NOTHING FAILS LIKE SUCCESS

The third and final stage involves learning that unlocking your full potential is alwaysa mix of successes and failures. The world might be in love with the "Fail fast, fail often" mantra but don't forget the aim is to figure out what works, and then to take full advantage of that. Top performers know uninterrupted success is a warningsign and respond appropriately.