💡 Weekly Thought Exercise: Elon's 5-Step Algorithm for Hyper-Efficient Workflows

This week's thought exercise comes from 2 years of observing Elon Musk work and realizing there is a thinking "algorithm" he uses to get things done efficiently.

If Elon uses this algorithm to send rockets to space and create a new category of vehicles...

I can only imagine what it can do for our businesses.

Walter Isaacson spent 2 years researching and writing this biography of Elon Musk.

Elon has decided to take on big problems.

Which means he deals with big inconvenences and losses when his workflows get slowed down by unnecessary, unquestioned, requirements created from his team or himself.

As a ThinkWithAI subscriber, you know the unquestioned requirements we put on ourselves, our businesses, and our workflows are what end up biting us in the end.

You think you have to do X, Y, and Z and you have to do it a certain way.

One day you have an "ah-ha!" moment and realize:

• You created a requirement for no reason

• There's a 100x easier (and better) way to get it done

• You accidentally made it harder than it needed to be

This exact experience has happened to Elon so many times that Isaacson realized Elon has a 5-step thinking "algorithm" to get him to the "ah-ha!" moment faster.

Today, you're going to use that exact same algorithm.

So, let's get into it.

• This reflection will take 20-30 minutes

• You need to add context about the workflow you're thinking about in the noted spot below

• Let me know how you like the prompt in the poll below

Here's the prompt to copy and paste into Claude.ai (you don't need to add any context):

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