Elon Musk is the founder of Paypal, SpaceX and Tesla. The list of his accomplishments the past 15 years is outstanding. He is currently the 100th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $13.6 billion.
Here’s the key takeaways from the book “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future“.
Elon Musk’s Kickass Goals
What makes Elon Musk so interesting, is first of all his sky high ambitions. Becoming a billionaire and founding super successful companies such as paypal, is not what he is looking for in and of itself. His goals are noble.
Elon looked at how he could contribute best to a good future for humanity and concluded that it was in the areas of space exploration and energy. His goals include starting a human colony on Mars and freeing the world of it dependency on fossil fuels. The vehicles to achieve these goals are the two companies SpaceX, Tesla Motors and Solar City.
Elon is focused, driven and ambitious in this crazy extreme way, that inspires me to set the bar higher for my own life. I mean, becoming financial independent from my own business and investing, seems a bit unambitious next to how Elon looks at his life.
He is in my opinion the most interesting entrepreneurs alive, maybe even in the history of the world. Who revolutionizes the car industry with an electric car better than conventional cars? And who does this while at the same time running a space company that builds rockets better than everyone else? Well Elon does.
Why is Elon Musk So Successful?
His massive goals and unique focus is an obvious answer. The amount of working hours and dedication described in the book, is not for faint hearted. He is really throwing it all in there to achieve his goals. He keeps pushing towards his visions for the future and have so far succeeded, when just about everyone else thought he would fail. I think another important factor of his success is that Elon knows that his mind is like a computer that can be reprogrammed by downloading new information to it. This allows him to learn new things very fast.
What’s the Key Takeaways?
- Be more ambitious and set higher and more noble goals. Don’t waste your time working on stuff that you do not care about. Be more selective.
- It takes focus and sacrifice in a way few people can handle, to be very successful. Set time aside to focus on the things that really matters and where you need to be. These moments with yourself without disturbances is important.
- Your mind is like a computer that can be reprogrammed by downloading new information to it. This insight is why Elon can learn complicated subjects as rocket science so fast. Knowing that the mind is like a programmable computer and that your life is a product of the data/software in your mind, allows you to change your life, by changing your mind. Powerful stuff!
Elon is probably the most interesting entrepreneur in the world and I highly recommend reading this book. It is a better thrill than watching the Iron Man movie. Plus this guy is real!
It’s a great read. Very inspiring! Get the book on Amazon here: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future.
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