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EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 1H 28M

Elon Musk’s 69 Core Methods Every Student Should Know | In Vivo With Eric Jorgenson | Ep. 38

from In Vivo · host Tim Gabor

In this episode, Eric Jorgenson, author of the bestselling The Almanack of Naval Ravikant and The Book of Elon, breaks down Elon Musk’s most useful ideas for students, young professionals, and anyone who wants to think and operate at a higher level.We explore:• How to apply First Principles Thinking to school, career, and life• Why you should play life like a game and optimize for what actually matters• The power of high effort optimism, parallel work, and attacking bottlenecks• Elon’s mindset on risk, feedback, and extreme ownership• Why Tesla and SpaceX attract the best young engineers• Gamification, orders of magnitude thinking, and the Idiot Index Eric also shares how he built his unique “wisdom compilation” books and what he learned after spending years curating Elon’s best ideas.Links:The Book of Elon → https://a.co/d/04XBfSE9The Almanack of Naval Ravikant → https://a.co/d/05uYzef9Eric Jorgenson on X → https://x.com/EricJorgensonIn Vivo on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@InVivoPodcastIn Vivo on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5GBvPPvSx52O6ILuam4LoX?si=6c903566ae7b4761&nd=1&dlsi=254f9f5e78194002In Vivo on Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-vivo/id1775578563In Vivo on Amazon Podcasts - https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/1ac4dbec-df46-4d1f-b0a1-742e9656ef44/in-vivo

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