3 Steps of First Principle Thinking

Hi friends!! In this blog we are going to see about something amazing!!!! about “First Principle”.

In this crazy world!! “Google” is playing a vital role in every person’s part of life. Everybody in this world is not cheerful and also not miserable. Between these two an important character is taking place, so called “Problems”. The people who were born on this earth are stuck with problems and will not know how to solve those problems. Because all must improve the thinking process and questioning.

Proverb: “The way we think, the way we act”.

The problems will occur daily, but the way we think like “how it happens, why it happens is the initial thinking which means understanding the problem is most important.And then we should think of how to find a solution. Finding the solution is not an intricate task if we think from scratch. First it requires breaking down a problem into its fundamental building blocks, its essential elements, asking powerful questions, getting down to the basic truth, separating facts from assumptions and then constructing a view from the ground up. Over two thousand years ago, Aristotle defined a first principle as “the first basis from which a thing is known.”

As some people may or may not think of it, a great billionaire-entrepreneur — Elon Reeve musk also defined the “First Principle”.

First Principle — For Musk, first principles thinking means boiling things down to “the most fundamental truths” and then reasoning up from there.

“work ethic” plays an important role in unlocking our inner creative genius and becoming the best at what we do. But there are extremely hard-working people who still make little progress in life and die before sharing their best work with the world.

First principles thinking will help us to develop a unique worldview to innovate and solve difficult problems in a way that nobody else can even fathom.

There are 3 simple steps recommended by Elon musk:

STEP 1: Identify and define your current assumptions

When we are faced with a familiar problem or challenge, simply write down your current assumptions about them. If we had an hour to solve the problem, we must think 55 minutes for thinking about the problem and 5 minutes for thinking about solutions.

STEP 2: Breakdown the problem into its fundamental principles.

As the first principle method conveys that, we must break down the problem into its fundamental principles. And also make sure that we understand the fundamental principles.

STEP 3: Create new solutions from scratch

Once we have identified and broken down your problems or assumptions into their most basic truths, we can begin to create new insightful solutions from scratch.

Usually, when we’re faced with complex problems, we default to thinking like everybody else. First principles thinking is a powerful way to help you break out of this herd mentality, think outside the box and innovate completely brand new solutions to familiar problems.

By identifying your current assumptions, breaking these down into their basic truths and creating solutions from scratch, we can uncover these ingenious solutions to complex problems and make unique contributions in any field.

Thank you!!