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Five Why’s

I think it’s important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy. With analogy we are doing this because it’s like something else that was done, or it is like what other people are doing. With first principles you boil things down to the most fundamental truths…and then reason up from there.
Elon Musk

The most important question to ask is why.

It is also the easiest question to answer.

This is where the 5-Why’s technique comes in.

Once you have your first answer, you ask why again based on your answer. You keep doing this process five times to get to the root of the answer.

This is a technique that should be applied everywhere.

Use this technique in every decision you make.

Use this technique in every situation you want to understand.

Use this technique on every problem you are trying to solve.

 

Live the Adventure

Geoff

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