Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies for Giant Leaps in Work and Life
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- Author：Ozan Varol
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Summary
New ways to think in unprecedented times。
Named a "must read" by Susan Cain， "endlessly fascinating" by Daniel Pink， and "bursting with practical insights" by Adam Grant。
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 lift-off。
Named a "must read" by Susan Cain， "endlessly fascinating" by Daniel Pink， and "bursting with practical insights" by Adam Grant。
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 lift-off。
Reviews
Karen
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I have completed this book but only after a struggle。 I feel like his guidance isn’t really new or anything I do not already know from reading other books。 The way it was packaged into a rocket-scientist theme was likely the selling point。 The NASA examples have been integrated into other books focused on thinking more clearly。
Reet
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The worst book I read。 Deceiving！
Anton
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The first part of the book appeared somewhat too obvious for someone who was trained as a scientist。 However， the later chapters were really interesting with lots of historical analogies and examples coming from the space industry。
Toomas Talviste
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Lot of different insights that can help to boost critical thinking and being more curios and positive。Reminded me to think more on the inputs of the outcome in order to think back more objectively。Lot of references to Elon Musk :D
Manolo Oropeza
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A book that truly challenges established thinking。 Ozan's unique personal and professional background make this quite an amusing and original work。 Even though the author constantly turns to some of the best thinkers of our time， I found most of these quotes somewhat basic and certainly saturating。 I also think that while he does offer useful strategies on the go， he fails to expand on several of the exciting insights he sets before each chapter。Even so， It is surely a rewarding and enjoyable jo A book that truly challenges established thinking。 Ozan's unique personal and professional background make this quite an amusing and original work。 Even though the author constantly turns to some of the best thinkers of our time， I found most of these quotes somewhat basic and certainly saturating。 I also think that while he does offer useful strategies on the go， he fails to expand on several of the exciting insights he sets before each chapter。Even so， It is surely a rewarding and enjoyable journey through a rocket scientist's lens， especially for space enthusiasts and for people with little-to-no knowledge on the subject。 。。。more
Samson
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Is been awhile， I have no rating on any books。Somehow， I have decided to write 5 stars comment on this book。I am a bilingual reader。 First of all， I shall clarify that I read this book in Chinese Version。The Author shall appreciate on the Chinese translator，he done your translation perfectly I would say not all the translator did a perfect job。 I shall recommend， all kind of categories peopleno matter you are a successful entrepreneurs， fabulous scientist or slump dog unemployment。you have to re Is been awhile， I have no rating on any books。Somehow， I have decided to write 5 stars comment on this book。I am a bilingual reader。 First of all， I shall clarify that I read this book in Chinese Version。The Author shall appreciate on the Chinese translator，he done your translation perfectly I would say not all the translator did a perfect job。 I shall recommend， all kind of categories peopleno matter you are a successful entrepreneurs， fabulous scientist or slump dog unemployment。you have to read this，for those whose ever think they are success enough in their life，this book is a good reminders。I found no way like this book， which is combination of rocket stories with inspiration。most of self helps book is more toward on how success on a business。 we heard about 1000x times of similar stories。in short， do not expect what this book will bring to you before you read it。read it like novel。you will get somethings as a return to help on your life。 。。。more
Carrie
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People who like these sort of business books will probably enjoy this one too。 The ideas aren't bad， but the writing style was off-putting because of all the jargon， repetition， and oversimplified examples， so this was a bit of a slog to get through。 I'm not sure I could have taken one more sentence of praise for Elon Musk。It's the type of book that can be easily summed up。 Here's a Cliff's notes version of main ideas:Ch 1: Don't let ego make you cling to something that may not be truech 2: Bewa People who like these sort of business books will probably enjoy this one too。 The ideas aren't bad， but the writing style was off-putting because of all the jargon， repetition， and oversimplified examples， so this was a bit of a slog to get through。 I'm not sure I could have taken one more sentence of praise for Elon Musk。It's the type of book that can be easily summed up。 Here's a Cliff's notes version of main ideas:Ch 1: Don't let ego make you cling to something that may not be truech 2: Beware the status quoch 3: Get bored and ask questionsch 4: Dream big and then figure out how to make it workch 5: Don't get distracted by simple questions - ask a new questionch 6: Seek out facts to disprove your hypothesisch 7: Test with worst case scenario in mindch 8: Failure is only good if you learn from itch 9: When you succeed， pay attention just as much to what went wrong as what went right 。。。more
Steven
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I generally enjoyed it lots of great ideas somewhat repetitive but useful concepts that I will employ in my life and career。 Would recommend
Cassiokendi
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Como o próprio título descreve， o autor explica modelos mentais científicos， mais especificamente da ciência/engenharia aeroespacial， e descreve como aplicá-los em outras áreas。 O livro é dividido em nove capítulos， e cada um passa uma ideia principal， como raciocinar por princípios básicos ao invés de por analogia， trabalhar com múltiplas hipóteses， testar diferentes condições de contorno e lidar com sucesso e fracassos com base na qualidade das decisões， e não dos resultados。Para cada uma dest Como o próprio título descreve， o autor explica modelos mentais científicos， mais especificamente da ciência/engenharia aeroespacial， e descreve como aplicá-los em outras áreas。 O livro é dividido em nove capítulos， e cada um passa uma ideia principal， como raciocinar por princípios básicos ao invés de por analogia， trabalhar com múltiplas hipóteses， testar diferentes condições de contorno e lidar com sucesso e fracassos com base na qualidade das decisões， e não dos resultados。Para cada uma destas ideias， o autor exemplifica com experiências próprias de seu trabalho no Mars Rover， e com outros episódios anedóticos de conhecimento público。 No geral， achei o livro bem organizado， e as ideias bem apresentadas， apesar de boa parte não ser nova para mim。Se quiser ler um resumo do próprio autor antes de ler o livro， é possível recebê-lo se inscrevendo na lista de emails dele: ozanvarol。com/rocket。 。。。more
Suyun
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在沉迷酒精和阿瓦隆的间隙读完单身汉比尔盖茨推荐的鸡汤，作者本身并不是Rocket scientist，感觉更像是先有框架然后找NASA和SPACE X的故事硬凑进去，但其中一些NASA的细节还是很迷人，test as you fly， fly as you test
Lien Nguyen
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An ok reading！ A bit like self help book but disguised as ‘rocket science’。 But the principles are illustrated well with stories about rocket science and other industries。 In a nutshell， the book can be summerized as: Think big （if you aim ridiculously high and fail， you still fail higher than others’s average success - Start from 1st principle - let yourself ‘bored’ sometimes to be creative （good reminder for myself） - test your ideas in similar environments as reality （sweat in peace rather th An ok reading！ A bit like self help book but disguised as ‘rocket science’。 But the principles are illustrated well with stories about rocket science and other industries。 In a nutshell， the book can be summerized as: Think big （if you aim ridiculously high and fail， you still fail higher than others’s average success - Start from 1st principle - let yourself ‘bored’ sometimes to be creative （good reminder for myself） - test your ideas in similar environments as reality （sweat in peace rather than bleed in war） - learn from failure - dont sleep on your success but keep reinventing yourself/ideas 。。。more
Bojan Avramovic
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Dugo sam je čitao， ali vredelo je。 Odlična
Heidi
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Really wanted to love this but couldn't get past the templated personal developmenty language。。。 ended up skimming。 The stories were interesting， might revisit。 Really wanted to love this but couldn't get past the templated personal developmenty language。。。 ended up skimming。 The stories were interesting， might revisit。 。。。more
GM
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dnf @ chp 3 （~27%） maybe I've just read too many self-help books but I found this book pretty uninspiring。 only thing I learned was that the reason NASA spent billions to develop a pen which worked in space rather than Russians who used a pencil （that famous meme） was because pencil tips break easily which can get lodged in space equipment / fly into astronaut's eyes in space which is extremely dangerous。 may revisit one day。 dnf @ chp 3 （~27%） maybe I've just read too many self-help books but I found this book pretty uninspiring。 only thing I learned was that the reason NASA spent billions to develop a pen which worked in space rather than Russians who used a pencil （that famous meme） was because pencil tips break easily which can get lodged in space equipment / fly into astronaut's eyes in space which is extremely dangerous。 may revisit one day。 。。。more
David Birse
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A beautiful book for the mindThis is a beautiful book for the mind。 It has made me think about what I'm doing next and how I'm going to get into the nitty-gritty once I do。 I always remember test and fly。 A beautiful book for the mindThis is a beautiful book for the mind。 It has made me think about what I'm doing next and how I'm going to get into the nitty-gritty once I do。 I always remember test and fly。 。。。more
Kedijik
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What a nicely balanced book。 It has a surprisingly uncertain tone for the personal growth genre， yet it is still very accessible as an everywoman， does not drown in impossible goldilocks standards。 It manages to sidestep any hero worship and is willing to look at the systems behind yet it still emphasizes individual mindsets that make that culture， those systems。 Information may not be groundbreaking to all， you may find yourself nodding along a lot but it is still worth an exercise of applying What a nicely balanced book。 It has a surprisingly uncertain tone for the personal growth genre， yet it is still very accessible as an everywoman， does not drown in impossible goldilocks standards。 It manages to sidestep any hero worship and is willing to look at the systems behind yet it still emphasizes individual mindsets that make that culture， those systems。 Information may not be groundbreaking to all， you may find yourself nodding along a lot but it is still worth an exercise of applying this 'grandma wisdom' to your reality now。 You probably forgot what you knew about what made you get here and maybe something you were so stuck about is much simpler than you thought。I got a lot of this book probably due to where I am at life right now， but I imagine this is not a book that would offend anyone even if you don't see the strategies apply to you。 。。。more
Kim Irwin
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Easy listen。 Great thoughts ideas and change of perspective。 Everyone should listen/read！
Alice Marten
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Great book！ Managed to be both an insightful business development book （covering a range of topics such as idea generation， how to test ideas， how to learn from failure and how to avoid complacency once successful） and an entertaining read thanks to giving great accounts of the space industry。 It's written in a humourus way， which helps captivate attention。 Great book！ Managed to be both an insightful business development book （covering a range of topics such as idea generation， how to test ideas， how to learn from failure and how to avoid complacency once successful） and an entertaining read thanks to giving great accounts of the space industry。 It's written in a humourus way， which helps captivate attention。 。。。more
Viktor
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Great advices hidden behind a lot of name dropping and quotes。
Mārtiņš
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The book skims through various methods that can improve any operation。 For the general audience - a good read。 A bit too many references to Elon Musk for my liking， but given the book’s angle， it’s understandable。
Laura Hendrick
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Good book， gives an interesting perspective on every day problems and how to work through them
Brendan Herjavec
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Great book with a nice lay out， not to technical but uses enough examples and comparisons to validate his points。 It's quite a nice an easy read but I do feel it bring values。 Reminded me of why getting a science degree before an MBA is smart。 Great book with a nice lay out， not to technical but uses enough examples and comparisons to validate his points。 It's quite a nice an easy read but I do feel it bring values。 Reminded me of why getting a science degree before an MBA is smart。 。。。more
Ams Leafs
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I am generally not very interested in self help nor am I overly intrigued by rocket science。 Nonetheless， I am finding this book to be one of my favorites。 Instead of prescribing specific self help strategies， he discusses broad topics such as embracing boredom and polymathy。 I highly recommend。
Kevin McPherson
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Finally got around to this one after being an early adopter of Ozan's techniques。 Finally got around to this one after being an early adopter of Ozan's techniques。 。。。more
Robert Melnyk
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Fascinating book by an author who really is a rocket scientist。 He is also a lawyer， a professor， and an author。 He worked for NASA on the 2003 Mars Rover project。 In this book Varol talks about how to think like a rocket scientist， which involves looking at situations differently than you might otherwise。 Asking different questions， and looking at different approaches to solving problems in both your personal and business environments。 Varol uses numerous examples from real life to explain how Fascinating book by an author who really is a rocket scientist。 He is also a lawyer， a professor， and an author。 He worked for NASA on the 2003 Mars Rover project。 In this book Varol talks about how to think like a rocket scientist， which involves looking at situations differently than you might otherwise。 Asking different questions， and looking at different approaches to solving problems in both your personal and business environments。 Varol uses numerous examples from real life to explain how to think like a rocket scientist in a clear and easy to understand manner。 Excellent read。 。。。more
Natarajan Mahalingam
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Guaranteed - You will not keep this book down！ This is a page turner， must-read of a book - coming from a debuting author， Ozan Varol。 The author takes us through multiple， simple strategies that will help us move through the 3 phases of an idea - launch， accelerate， and achieve - replete with real-time examples from his experience with NASA/Mars Rover project， academia， and industry。 Each of these mini thoughts or strategies can be put to use individually in situations that you encounter during Guaranteed - You will not keep this book down！ This is a page turner， must-read of a book - coming from a debuting author， Ozan Varol。 The author takes us through multiple， simple strategies that will help us move through the 3 phases of an idea - launch， accelerate， and achieve - replete with real-time examples from his experience with NASA/Mars Rover project， academia， and industry。 Each of these mini thoughts or strategies can be put to use individually in situations that you encounter during specific phases of idea movement or as a whole， from idea generation to implementation and beyond 。。。more
Siddhartha Jain
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Very interesting read wherein a rocket scientist Ozan gives actual examples from rocket launches to help us think our own approach。 He builds the book in 3 buckets - launch， accelerate， achieve。 To me the launch bit was the most interesting。 Also， from other reviews realised that he has a pdf workbook， which I plan to use to rethink my own approach。Excellent read though highly recommend that one uses the book and pdf workbook side by side rather than later。
Joris
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Fun read that describes many approaches and methods of thought for creative innovation （embracing uncertainty， first principles thinking， postmortems and premortems， test as you fly + fly as you test， red teaming / killing the company exercise， taking moonshots， backcasting， "act like you're #2" and much more）。 It primarily takes examples from rocket science， but also broader technology， business and other fields。While there is nothing particularly novel here （I was familiar with most concepts d Fun read that describes many approaches and methods of thought for creative innovation （embracing uncertainty， first principles thinking， postmortems and premortems， test as you fly + fly as you test， red teaming / killing the company exercise， taking moonshots， backcasting， "act like you're #2" and much more）。 It primarily takes examples from rocket science， but also broader technology， business and other fields。While there is nothing particularly novel here （I was familiar with most concepts described in the book， as well as most historical examples used）， it's a very enjoyable read with colorful spaceflight stories， and a great refresher on the myriad of concepts it describes。 。。。more
Anna
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A useful reminder of fallacies that can obstruct human progress
Suneet Bhatt
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