I had to look up OODA, because I had never heard of it. But I have to say that this has been a personal strategy of mine as long as I can remember. And I think

I had to look up OODA, because I had never heard of it. But I have to say that this has been a personal strategy of mine as long as I can remember. And I think it has been mostly fueled by a constant desire to learn. Just sheer curiosity. I think building up a massive collection of mental models and consciously linking new concepts to previous knowledge where it might be valuable has allowed me to quickly grab ideas from varying sources to solve problems in novel ways. In my opinion, the enabling factor to this strategy is to continually amass a wide range of theories, ideas, strategies, etc and imagine how they might help each other. Like building up a great lego collection. You have all these parts from various sets, so when you want to make something new, you have all these pieces that didn't come together originally, but you can create novel solutions with. Having all of these strategies in your arsenal, allows you to more quickly iterate on actions, while continuously learning more about your problem, allowing you to zero in on a best strategy.