One must be an alien from Mars if one doesn't know the name Elon Musk. Yep, you read it right! Today is the day where we'll finally share to you the best quotes of one of the great innovators in these present times. He's a co-founder of Paypal and Tesla, the founder of SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company. He's listed as one of the richest people in the world, the one and only - Elon Musk.
Without further ado, here are the 28 best of his quotes about innovation and success. Our best picks and a video are prepared for you below so you might as well see it before taking some action on your projects. Just sit tight, relax, and learn!
1. "People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."
2. "When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
3. "A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies."
4. "My biggest mistake is probably weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart."
5. "The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur."
6. "It's ok to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."
7. "I wouldn't say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I'd like my fear emotion to be less because it's very distracting and fries my nervous system."
8. "If something has to be designed and invented, and you have to figure out how to ensure that the value of the thing you create is greater than the cost of the inputs, then that is probably my core skill."
9. "Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is a disaster."
10."I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens."
11. "If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not."
12. "I think the best way to attract venture capital is to try and come up with a demonstration of whatever product or service it is and ideally take that as far as you can. Just see if you can sell that to real customers and start generating some momentum. The further along you can get with that, the more likely you are to get funding."
13. "Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product."
14. "I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better."
15. "There are really two things that have to occur in order for a new technology to be affordable to the mass market. One is you need economies of scale. The other is you need to iterate on the design. You need to go through a few versions."
16. "As much as possible, avoid hiring MBAs. MBA programs don't teach people how to create companies."
17. "It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don't know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive."
18. "People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working."
19. "If other people are putting in 40 hour workweeks and you're putting in 100 hour workweeks, then even if you're doing the same thing, you know that you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve."
20. "Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."
21. "Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there's a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ."
22. "I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done."
23. "If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion."
24. "Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive, and determination of the people behind it as the product they sell."
25. "Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."
26. "I always invest my own money in the companies I create. I don't believe in the whole thing of just using other people's money. I don't think that's right. I'm not going to ask other people to invest in something if I'm not prepared to do so myself."
27. "I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company."
28. "You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be better."
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