Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Muskis a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, engineer and inventor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 June 1971
CityPretoria, South Africa
CountryUnited States of America
mean odds years
Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks and you’re putting in 100 hour work weeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing you know that you will achieve in 4 months what it takes them a year to achieve.
father engineering physics
My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me.
optimism hell pessimism
Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.
inspirational heart thinking
Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
inspirational trying important
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.
firsts steps first-steps
The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.
success inspiration thinking
I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
inspirational eggs long
It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
heart thinking matter
I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
inspirational life-is-too-short long
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
inspirational enlightenment strive
Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
order enlightenment consciousness
I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
space cost transportation
If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.
would-be planes flew
If you had to buy a new plane every time you flew somewhere, it would be incredibly expensive.