First Principles Thinking First Principles Thinking is a mental model that encourages you to boil down questions and ideas to their most basic form, and then go from there. An example from Elon Musk (shared by Catherine Clifford on CNBC) explains his take on it:
First Principles Thinking
First Principles Thinking
First Principles Thinking
First Principles Thinking First Principles Thinking is a mental model that encourages you to boil down questions and ideas to their most basic form, and then go from there. An example from Elon Musk (shared by Catherine Clifford on CNBC) explains his take on it: