What is the secret of thought Elon Musk

He sees the brain as a computer

To understand the thinking Mask, remember, first, as he says. For example, what would be a normal child said: "I am afraid of the dark. When it is dark, can attack monsters, but I can not protect me. " And what is said in interview Musk: "As a child I was very afraid of the dark. But then I realized that the darkness - it's just a lack of photons in the visible spectrum. Then I thought it was somehow scared silly lack of photons. Since then I have more darkness was not afraid. "

This kind of "language mask" describes the reality of exactly what it is. So Musk thinks of all spheres of life. For example, he said that he had become easier to relate to death, when he had children.

When we are looking at the children, we see a small, lovely but more stupid people. When the mask looks on their childrenHe sees his five favorite computer. Looking at you, he will see the computer. Looking in the mirror, he sees the same computer - your own.

If you approach literally, everything is true. The simplest definition of a computer - an object that stores and processes data. Our brain also does it. If you think of it as a computer, you notice the difference between their hardware and software.

Hardware on your computer - it's chips, wires, and other physical components. For a person is brain hemisphere, which he is born. They define it intelligence, Innate talents and weaknesses.

Computer software - a program, procedures and rules for processing. And for a man is his world, thought patterns and ways of decision-making.

Life - a stream of incoming information that enters the brain through the senses. It is our "software" filters the input data, processes, and structures them, and then uses to generate output data - a solution.

"Hardware" software can be viewed as a piece of clay that we give birth. Of course, not all of the same clay. But it is "soft" impact on the degree to which this tool will become clay.

He constantly modifies its "soft"

The structure of the "software" in the mask, as in the rest of the people, starting with cell "Desire."

In it are the situations that you want to transfer from state A to state B. For example:

• "I have a little money» → «I have more money";
• "I do not like my job» → «I like my job";
• "I do not know how to play the cello» → «I know how to play the cello";
• "In Chad, a lot of the poor» → «In Chad, a little less poor";
• "I run 5 km in 25 minutes» → «I run 5 km in 20 minutes."

Then there is the cell "Reality". It is what could happen in reality.

At the intersection of these two cells - possible goals. Of these, you choose what to transfer from state A to state B.

To change something, you put the effort. Spend time, resources, mental and physical energy, using their talents and connections. Selecting a target, you determine the most effective way to achieve it. This is your strategy.

So far, everything is simple. And it is not much different from how we think with you.

But the "software" Mask so effective not because of its structure, and due to the fact that he uses it as a scientist.

How to learn to think like Elon Musk

1. Create each component of its "software" from scratch

Musk calls it "proceed from the basic principles."

"Usually people think looking back on tradition or previous experience, - he explains. - They say, "So have always done, so we do that," or "So no one is doing nothing and trying." But this is nonsense. Build your reasoning from scratch - from the basic principles, as they say in physics. Take the very basics and work backwards from there, and then see your work conclusion or not. And it ultimately may differ or may not be different from what you did before. "

Musk constantly applies a thinking in life. With this approach, decision-making takes place in four stages:

1. Fill the box "Desire." To do this, you need a good understanding of yourself and be honest with yourself.
2. Fill the box "Reality". It should be possible accurately represent the situation in the world and their abilities.
3. Select the goal. It should be feasible. Choose it carefully weighing all options.
4. Form a strategy. Build on your knowledge, and not on what others do as usual.

2. Amends with the receipt of new information

Remember the math problems on the evidence. For example:

• Given: A = B.
• Given by: B = C + D.
• Consequently: A = C + D.

In mathematics everything exactly. The data in it are concrete and indisputable conclusions. Assumptions in it are called axioms, they are 100% true. When we draw conclusions from axioms - we get a result - there is no doubt that they are 100% correct.

In other sciences, there are no axioms and corollaries, and so there is good reason. For example, Newton's law of universal gravitation has long been considered indispensable. But then Einstein proved that Newton was looking at things too narrowly, as well as those who had believed the Earth was flat.

If you look wider, it turns out that Newton's law does not apply in certain conditions. But the general theory of relativity is valid. It would seem that it must be regarded as absolute. Only here there was quantum mechanics, which proved that the general theory of relativity does not apply at the molecular level.

In the natural sciences there are no axioms and corollaries, because there is nothing absolute in the world. All we think this can be refuted.

Scientists theorize on objective data and take them for the truth. With the advent of new information theory may be correct or refute. In everyday life it is impossible to build a real scientific theory. Life is not amenable to precise measurement. The best we can - a guess, based on the available data. In science this is called a hypothesis. I.e:

• Given (based on what I know): A = B.
• Given (based on what I know): B = C + D.
• Consequently (on the basis of what I know): A = C + D.

To test their hypothesis can be only through action. You put the effort and see what happens.

In the process, you get feedback from the outside world. You are born new ideas. Now your strategy requires amendments.

But this is not all. Cell with desires only reflects your desire at some point. Desire to change, you are constantly changing. So you need to regularly think about what you want, and make adjustments.

Cell "Reality" is also not static. Your ability to evolve over time, and the world is changing. What was possible ten years ago, it is significantly different from what is currently possible. Do not forget to support the cell-to-date.

Remember that cell symbolize your current hypothesis, and circles - the sources of new information. It circles determine how to change a hypothesis. If you do not update the data in them, the information in the cells will become obsolete.

So, the bottom we see the formation of goals, and at the top - the process of achieving them. But goals change over time, too, because they arise at the intersection of your desires and real possibilities. So do not forget to check if still important to you or that goal.

To do this, from time to time come off from current affairs and think about their lives. Perhaps, then, what are you working on right now, no longer gets in your list of goals. So, it's time to change something: to break off relations, find another job, To move, to change the view.

This kind of thinking - a flexible system based on sound fundamental principles. She created a mobile and can change depending on your needs.