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What I mean by my question is: We all just pick up stuff when we're kids and our primary education, home, friends, etc. affect how we learn to think and see things or problems. As we get older this just becomes the way we see things and work with them which leads to some people being exceptionally great at solving problems and understanding stuff and others, not as good.

How can someone learn to re-train themself and see things the way real problem solvers do? I'm talking about stuff like first principles thinking, systems thinking, mental models etc. that people often associate with individuals like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett.

I usually lurk and I know there's a ton of super smart people here who I'm sure can offer advice/suggestions on this. So thanks in advance.