I’ve always been someone who questions things.
Not just out of curiosity but because most of what we follow blindly doesn’t actually make sense when you slow down and look at it.
That’s why I started applying first principles thinking to my work, and honestly, to my life.
Instead of asking “What’s the industry standard?” or “What are others doing?”,
I ask:
“What’s actually needed here?”
“What’s the base truth?”
“If I was building this from scratch, what would I do?”
Most people stack on top of assumptions.
They take a marketing template, a sales funnel, a design layout — and tweak the colors, fonts, and CTA button.
But no one questions why that template existed in the first place.
And whether it even applies to what you’re doing.
I’ve seen this even in life.
People follow routines that don’t fit them, jobs they hate, roles that don’t reflect who they are — just because it’s the default.
But defaults aren’t truth.
They’re just mass adoption of what once worked for someone else.
First principles thinking is uncomfortable.
It forces you to slow down.
To strip everything down to the root — even when it means throwing away what was “working.”
But here’s what I’ve realised:
When you think from scratch, your solutions become real.
They’re not patched copies they’re yours.
Whether it’s a landing page, a daily routine, or a decision that affects your peace…
you don’t need a template.
You need clarity.
That’s what first principles gives you not perfection, just truth from the ground up.
— Aman
