When Robert Downey Jr. He knew that he would work in the movie Iron Man, he said: "We need to sit down with Elon Musk."
This is because the musk - Mars colonial, car adapter and grazing solar panels - is the closest thing to a leading champion.
Born in South Africa, he sold his first program - called blast games - at the age of 11 years. Go to find and sell Compaq beginners to $ 300 million in 1999, and risked her main interest in PayPal, which eBay bought the site for $ 1.5 billion in 2002.
With reference to it, and the City of solar energy it went to three companies that changed the world: Tesla, SpaceX. While Tesla and SpaceX almost bankrupt, and now each company to convert their industry.
But Musk - with 100 hours of work per week, an estimated $ 11.7 billion net worth, and the habits of the meeting never took notes - still confusing. So we are looking for evidence of the vision and goals and thought process.
This is what we found.
About finding special education
"Background teach my view is the economy and physics, I grew up in an environment of types of engineering - my father was electromechanical engineer so there's a lot of engineering around me and when I asked for an explanation, and I get a real clear explanation of how to work. I also make things like rocket model rocket in South Africa who do not have ready-made: I had to go to the pharmacy to get the necessary ingredients for rocket fuel, mix, insert it into the pipe. " (Wired, October 2012)
To study children
"It is amazing how many things you can blow up. I am very lucky to still have all my fingers." (BusinessWeek, September 13, 2012)
About Insight
"Moving from PayPal, and I was thinking well, that is likely to affect the future of humanity? Not from the point of view, and other problems," What is the best way to make money, "which is also fine, but in reality 'I think it would be more rewarding affect the future of humanity. "(Cal Tech title of the start of June 2012)
On (not) to take a vacation
"We have achieved a good performance from PayPal. The I is the largest shareholder in the company and we get about one billion and a half in stocks and shares and then doubled. So, I have done it very well, but the idea is to relax, as the main thing, just seems terrible - it seems horrible to me I might be crazy I must be in a dangerous drug imagination I would be very bored I like high risk ".... (computer Museum of history, February 5, 2013)
Systematic thinking about
"[Physics] a good framework for thinking. ... Puzzle objects up to the basic truth and make a decision from there." (TED February 2013)
About the futility
"I do not believe proses.Malah when I was interviewing potential employees, he said" all about innovation, "I see it as a bad sign.
The problem is that many big companies, the process has become a substitute for thinking. And they are encouraged to behave like a small gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to save people who are not as smart as where and where not creative. "(Wired, October 2012)
About the importance of talent
"Talent is very important, such as a sports team, a team that has the best individual player will always win, but then there is a multiplier of the players how to cooperate and strategies that drive." (Business from the inside, August 8, 2013)
On how to attract talent
"Must have the goal of a very attractive syarikat.Jika for you put yourself in the place of others who have the talent of a world-class, and you must believe there is a possibility to achieve greater results and believe that the leader of the company, you are the one person most suitable for the work, it can be a hassle, especially if you're trying to attract people from other companies. " (Business from the inside, August 8, 2013)
About the importance of reactions
"Give full attention to the negative reaction and easily obtained, especially of friends. ... Almost no one does it, and it was very helpful." (TED February 2013)
About the concerns that you need to set up a company
"You're dealing with issues that are not expected otherwise, step on landmines. It's bad. Year 2 to 4 years or 5 years and are usually very difficult. He said a friend of his said, he thinks the gap and glass food" ... "If you are the founder Co or CEO, you must perform all kinds of tasks that you may not want to do it ... and if you do not want to do your work, and your company does not succeed ... does the job is too rough. " (Business from home August 8, 2013)
About do not be too worried about the market changes
"I mean, markets such as manic-depressive." (Del key, 12 December 2013)
About opening Tesla pattern
"We have a real rivals are not small drops of non-Tesla electric car that has been produced, but the great flood of petrol cars precipitation out of the factories in the world every day."
"We believe Tesla, and other companies that make electric cars and all the world will benefit from the same technology platform is growing rapidly," ...
"We believe that by providing the open source philosophy to our patent and Tesla will strengthen its position instead of falling in this case." (Tesla's blog post, June 12, 2014)
About flying cars
"I was thinking too much about it ... and we certainly can make a car that can fly - but it's not the hard part ... the hard part is how you want to make a flying car that is safe and very quiet because if stupid mistake?, It will make people feel very unhappy. " (Business from the inside, June 9, 2014)
Why was about maintaining the status quo
"There is a big bias against risk. Everyone is trying to keep their backs on each optimally." (Wired, October 2012)
In his first decision to go into space
"Things that make me down missiles only. The first thing is to get there. The selection of Boeing and Lockheed of the United States is very expensive. I can not, so I went to Russia three times to negotiate the purchase of ICBM". (YouTube, November 22, 2012)
On target to Mars
"There are substantial differences, if you look to the future, it is a space between the humanity of civilized life, who are out there exploring the stars ... depressed compared to where we were forever on the ground until the extinction event occurred at the end." (TED February 2013)
To Mars
"There will be those who are able to go (to Mars), and those who want to go. If we can achieve this intersection, and I think it's going to happen ... and, hopefully, it will happen before I die." (Space.com 19 May 2014)
For building a missile can be reused
"If humanity would be a multi-planet, the basic need of development to happen quickly in the science of rockets and missiles that can be used to achieve this completely re ... will be comparable to what you did the Wright brothers. These are the basic things you need to humanity to become a space for life civilized. Americans are not likely to be occupied unless the ship can be reused. " (Wired, October 2012)
About the US promise
"The United States - severe system but less severe and the United States are less severe in encouraging innovation - as a comment on democracy." (National Press Club September 29, 2011)
The philosophical outlook
"My conclusion is that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what the questions that bertanya.Betul, the only thing that makes sense is to seek to raise awareness." (Business Week September 13, 2012)
About the arc of his life
"My view is nice to be born on Earth and die on Mars. Hopefully not at the point of impact." (The Economist 21
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