learning is one of the over-communicated
but
under-leveraged tools of the common
entrepreneur
everyone talks about methods of learning
but few people find
realistic and authentic techniques that
actually yield a net profit
in the information an application
categories
elon musk has broken through that
barrier with learning techniques
that have proven successful not just
once but time
and time again a good argument could be
made
the musk has leveraged his learning by
becoming a disruptor
he and his companies have shifted entire
industries
including the transportation sector the
energy sector
and the space sector he recently
announced at a press conference
that his plans for his biotech company
neuralink are progressing quite nicely
hinting at yet another sector which his
hands will likely shift in the coming
years
yes musk is a once in a lifetime genius
likely on the same levels as nikola
tesla albert einstein
and isaac newton he has a different way
of viewing problems than the average
entrepreneur
of course he reads hundreds of books he
works with top level thinkers
he has astronomical levels of funding to
put towards his every whim
but that's not what makes him a great
learner his learning methods aren't that
regal
in fact his two rules for how to learn
anything faster
can be implemented by anyone at any time
including you you too can be a rocket
scientist
if you wanted here's how
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when it comes to learning musk is quick
to note that he believes that most
people
can learn more than they currently know
when it comes to the average
entrepreneur
musk claims that they often don't break
through their perceived limits
and try to learn beyond their current
capacity or
as he goes on to clarify they don't know
how to outline their information
in a way that leads to further
revelation
in a conversation on reddit musk
discussed his approach to learning
and the structure he uses as such one
bit of advice
it is important to view knowledge as
sort of a semantic tree
make sure you understand the fundamental
principles i.e
the drunk and big branches before you
get into the leaves
details or there is nothing for them to
hang on to from this
we begin to see elon musk's first rule
of thinking
rule number one make sure you're
building a tree of knowledge
what does this mean for you practically
it helps the common entrepreneur
understand that not everything is
weighed with equal gravitas
or importance when it comes to learning
there is a difference between material
that ends up hanging from a branch and
the material that makes up the base of
the trunk of your tree
it's the periphery versus the central
musk is a master of understanding what
is at the core
of each of the sectors his
entrepreneurial ventures sit in
he starts there ensuring that he has the
best possible grasp on the trunk
material
before moving off into the minute of the
branches and the leaves
many of us do the opposite we load up on
periphery facts
while never fully understanding how or
why they connect back to the trunk
this outward facing in method leaves
many of our brains overcrowded
with misidentified and ultimately
unimportant knowledge
that's not learning it's cramming the
result of our efforts is a tree with a
toothpick trunk
and an overload of teeming branches
threatening to snap off as we try to
cram one more idea
or thought within our brains if you want
to learn anything faster
you need to start with the materials
that make up the trunk
it might be a tad slower at the onset
but without a sturdy trunk
you won't have the base to support any
additional learning and skill
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the brilliance of elon musk's learning
strategy isn't necessarily in his
ability to understand
core central concepts many entrepreneurs
over generations
have had solid grasps on core tenets and
principles
musk's brilliance is found in his second
rule of learning
which underlines his ability to build
vast and towering trees
of intellect across multiple sectors
rule number two you can't remember what
you can't connect
this is how musk was able to span
sectors and shift entire industries
seemingly overnight
he started with solid roots and dense
trunks and then
as he began to grow his knowledge upward
he began connecting branches and leaves
together with other branches and leaves
from other trees
musk never learns a piece of information
at random
everything he intakes he connects back
to some deeper
more solid base most learners today are
not master gardeners
but stick collectors we walk around life
picking up tid bits
here and tidbits there until our arms
are full of sticks
once we have a good bunch of sticks we
do what comes naturally whenever there
is a pile of sticks laying around
we burn them we think the size of our
fires
equals the size of our learning but we
are slow to realize
what elon musk has built his entire
learning structure on
that fires burn out musk plants trees
in rich soil that grow to be thick and
abundant centres of learning
you can do the same you just need to
embrace
his two rules build the trunk first then
work tirelessly on making connections
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like any new system it might take you a
bit to get the hang of it
you might actually feel like you're
learning slower than you did previously
that's okay what you're actually doing
is building the foundation for
exponential growth
henry ford once said if you always do
what you've always done you'll always
get what you've always got
if you want to learn anything faster try
the elon musk approach
but be warned you may end up becoming a
rocket scientist
far faster than you previously thought
possible
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