10 ways to think like Bill Gates

Published on October 1, 2011

There are 10 ways to think like Bill Gates:

  1. Prioritize
  2. **Ask smarter questions

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  1. **Make data-driven decisions**.
  1. **Divorce your ego**
  1. **Frame the problem
  1. ****Get perspectives on the problem
  1. ****Model the problem**
  1. ****Think of the system and the ecosystem
  1. ******Think of the problem over time
  1. ******Think strategically**

This Bill Gate’s thinking framework is further elaborated on Sources of Insight. Another alternative framework would be the six hats way.