Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Think Like a Rocket Scientist Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life

Ozan Varol2020
Named a "must read" by Susan Cain, "endlessly fascinating" by Daniel Pink, and "bursting with practical insights" by Adam Grant. A former rocket scientist reveals the habits, ideas, and strategies that will empower you to turn the seemingly impossible into the possible. Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to imagine the unimaginable and solve the unsolvable. It's the same thought process that enabled Neil Armstrong to take his giant leap for mankind, that allows spacecraft to travel millions of miles through outer space and land on a precise spot, and that brings us closer to colonizing other planets. Fortunately, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to think like one. In this accessible and practical book, Ozan Varol reveals nine simple strategies from rocket science that you can use to make your own giant leaps in work and life -- whether it's landing your dream job, accelerating your business, learning a new skill, or creating the next breakthrough product. Today, thinking like a rocket scientist is a necessity. We all encounter complex and unfamiliar problems in our lives. Those who can tackle these problems -- without clear guidelines and with the clock ticking -- enjoy an extraordinary advantage. Think Like a Rocket Scientist will inspire you to take your own moonshot and enable you to achieve liftoff.
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Chris Farrell @1pairofshoes

This needs to be mandatory reading for Engineers, managers and business leaders. Great lessons about avoiding a culture of complacency.

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matej yangwao@yangwao
5 stars
Aug 22, 2023

Tactics and strategy, great summary of insights from various fields!

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Keven Wang@kevenwang
3 stars
Feb 4, 2023

I guess rocket scientists do not like to explain things throughly. The thought process is a bit jumpy for me

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Erwin Lemuel Oliva@erwinoliva
4.25 stars
Jan 26, 2023

A practical guide on how to think, which is based on his experience of being a rocket scientist. Much of the principles discussed here are mostly sourced from earlier research done or books written. It's still worth listening to the audiobook version.

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Volkan Yorulmaz@volkanyorulmaz
5 stars
Feb 27, 2022

Best book I've read in 2020 until now. Start walking because, as Newton’s first law goes, objects in motion tend to stay in motion—once you get going, you will keep going. https://myhighlightz.blogspot.com/202...

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