First Principles Thinking


## Physical Thinking
breaking down problems into their fundamental principles and creating new solutions from scratch, rather than relying on prior assumptions and beliefs
1. **Identify and define your current assumptions**
2. **Breakdown the problem into its fundamental principles**
3. **Create new solutions from scratch**




> [Elon Musks’ “3-Step” First Principles Thinking: How to Think and Solve Difficult Problems Like a…](https://medium.com/the-mission/elon-musks-3-step-first-principles-thinking-how-to-think-and-solve-difficult-problems-like-a-ba1e73a9f6c0)






