Elon Musk
Profession – Entrepreneur, Engineer & Investor
Date of Birth – 28th June, 1971
Current Residency – US, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California
Nationality – USA
Ethnicity – Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
- “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” – Elon Musk
- “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk
- “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.” – Elon Musk
- “Patience is virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson” – Elon Musk
- “The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.” – Elon Musk
- “The things that’s worth doing is trying to improve our understanding of the world and gain a better appreciation of the universe and not to worry too much about there being no meaning. And, you know, try and enjoy yourself. Because actually, life’s pretty good. It really is.” – Elon Musk
- “Trying to build a company is like baking a cake, you have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion” – Elon Musk
- “Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.” – Elon Musk
- “There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.” – Elon Musk
- “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.” – Elon Musk
- “When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said: ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked out” – Elon Musk
- “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace changeas the alternative is disaster.” – Elon Musk
- “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace changeif the alternative is disaster.” – Elon Musk
- “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.” – Elon Musk
- “I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you can do things better and question yourself” – Elon Musk
- “I think there are probably too many smart people pursuing Internet stuff, finance, and law. That is part of the reason why we haven’t seen as much innovation.” – Elon Musk
- “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.” – Elon Musk
- “I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.” – Elon Musk
- “I had a tough childhood, so maybe that was helpful” – Elon Musk
- “It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.” – Elon Musk
- “The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design” – Elon Musk
- “If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are OK, nurture the sapling and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth.” – Elon Musk
- “Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy” – Elon Musk
- “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.” – Elon Musk
- “People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.” – Elon Musk
