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In Kingston, Ontario, Canada, there is a world-class public research university, namely Queen's University, which is also translated as Queen's University, which was established on October 16, 1841 under the Royal Charter promulgated by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and became Queen's University in 1912. With nearly two hundred years of academic accumulation and a strong alumni network, Queen's University enjoys a high reputation in North America and is known as Canada's aristocratic school.
Queen's University has many notable alumni, but Elon Musk is undoubtedly the best of them. In 2013, Queen's University selected a list of well-known alumni, Elon Musk topped the list, in interviews, and many students were impressed by Musk's directness and honesty.
In the "Alumni Review" in the first issue of 2013, Musk's alma mater Queen's University introduced Musk's glorious deeds under the title of "Rocket Man", and this cover article, the words are full of praise for Musk, and it does not waste time in using him as a living advertisement for school admissions, but it gives people a real feeling, which reads:
Musk's mother was born in Canada, and he has a grandmother and aunt who live in Alberta. Therefore, Musk came to Canada in 1988 and eventually entered Queen's University for further study, hoping to broaden and eventually transcend personal horizons. "I came to North America because I felt like I had the opportunity to do something technically here."
What is confusing is that what attracted Musk to Queen's University, in addition to academic excellence, there is a more realistic reason: there are a lot of girls here. "I need to make a tough choice between the University of Waterloo and Queen's University." Musk said.
"I was going to the University of Waterloo to study physics and engineering, but when I visited the campus, this section was pinched, don't broadcast!" Musk laughed in the interview and said, "At the University of Waterloo, looking around, I didn't see a single girl. Next, I went to visit Queen's University. There were a lot of PLMMMs there, and right here I was, and I made up my mind that I didn't want to be a monk and spend my undergraduate life with a whole bunch of boys. "Musk's motivation for entering the school is really pure!
Musk became serious again. At Queen's University, he recalls, he met his first wife, Justin Wilson, a Class of '96 art science student. The couple lived together for 8 years (2000-2008) and together they had 6 sons, 5 of whom survived.
The Alumni Review was only queen's intramural newspaper, but it was asked for by many people because of this one comment, and finally had to be reprinted many times. The comment also demystified Musk's first marriage.
In 1988, in order to avoid military service, the 17-year-old Musk chose to go to Canada after graduating from high school, but this decision was strongly opposed by his father. According to Musk later:
My father probably did this because he was already well-known in the South African engineering field at the time, and he was so successful in starting a business in South Africa that he did not want to start over in an unfamiliar country.
Later, Musk repeatedly proposed to his father the desire to move to the United States, but again and again he was blocked by his father for various reasons. Musk recalled:
"My father said, if I immigrate to Canada, then don't expect him to support me. I think he expected me to run out of money and was sure he would come back obediently. ”
However, Musk had already made up his mind, and he went to Canada alone, without the support of his father, and he lost his financial resources. Her mother, May, told Musk to go to his uncle, but when Musk got off the plane in June 1988, he called his uncle and didn't get through, and he tried to find him by using a number check service, but this trick didn't work.
He called his mother for help, and the phone bill was paid by the mother who answered the phone. May gave him bad news. Before Musk left South Africa, May wrote to her uncle and received a reply during her son's flight: The uncle went to Minnesota, which meant Musk had nowhere to go.
At this time, Musk is like Yan Xiaoliu in "Wulin Wai Biography" is in trouble, he has to work odd jobs to earn some money, while preparing to apply for a canadian university, because he knows that he has a college diploma, can meet many people, so as to quickly integrate into Western society, on the other hand, there is a golden college diploma, there is a successful starting point. But Musk can't decide which university to go to.
Musk was very poor at the time, recalling:
"When I first arrived in Canada, I was shy and living a hard life. I can't be sure how hard it is to get a job because I've never really gotten a job. I was only 17 years old. I kept thinking, well, in case it takes me a long time to get a job, then it's better to make sure I can make a longer life with a meagre amount of money. At the time, I only had a few thousand dollars on hand, and I wanted to see if I could do it for only $1 a day. ”
Despite this, Musk decided to go to each university to have a look, only the actual investigation. Eventually, Queen's hordes of beauties attracted Musk, who decided to enroll in Queen's University.
In terms of Musk's talent, he can go to any university in Canada, so he successfully entered Queen's University. After Musk entered Queen's University, he set three goals: to learn knowledge, to make friends, and to find a girlfriend.
So Musk while studying hard, participate in various dances and cocktail parties, although Queen's University is as beautiful as a cloud, but Musk has not met the right eye. Until he met his schoolmate at a dance party and later became his first wife, Justin Wilson, but Justin was so hot at the cocktail party at the time that Musk had no chance of contacting him at all.
Justin Wilson is the school flower of Queen's University, and his beautiful appearance and elegant temperament suddenly attracted Musk, but after the dance, Musk remembered Justin, and Justin did not know that there was such a person as Musk.
It should be said that Musk's chances of meeting Justin are very good, because Justin is having a conflict with her boyfriend, and she came to Queen's University of Ontario alone in a fit of anger. As soon as Justin, who has blonde hair and a good face and a demonic figure, appears, he becomes a campus red, of course, a school flower, and there are many suitors.
At this time, Justin is more mature than Musk in terms of feelings, because Musk has no experience in love, Justin likes men who are older than herself, and she has fantasized countless times that the next man she meets should be like this:
"My Romeo in a dark brown jacket, he was parked downstairs on my dorm room on a motorcycle, shouting my name in the twilight."
Although Musk is nearly 1.9 meters tall at this time and has a dashing appearance, he is nerdy and very poor, it can be said that he is penniless, and among the many suitors, Musk does not have an advantage. But Musk loves the challenge. But Musk is penniless, why can he chase the college flower?
According to modern scientific theory: when a man chases a woman, it is not something that can be achieved with effort, but it is certainly not possible without effort. Although the well-read Musk has no practical experience in love, he has a wealth of theories. To this end he made two decisions:
One is to ask my father for money and ask for support.
Musk told his father about his dilemma, his father saw that Musk was determined that it was impossible to return to South Africa, rather than this, it was better to support Musk, so his father began to give Musk financial support, which made Musk feel relieved. It may not cost much money to fall in love, but it is certainly not okay without money, and it is also possible to have money.
The second is to pursue hard and not ask about the results.
This is easier said than done. When the author reporter took the college entrance examination that year, there was a saying called: a red heart, two hands ready. When a person is prepared to fail before doing something, things often don't work out.
The next day, under the inquiry of many aspects, Musk knew that Justin was about to attend a party, in fact, as a school flower-level figure, Justin could attend the party every night if he wanted to. Musk prepared carefully that night, and he greeted the party host to create a beautiful encounter, but Justin did not go that day.
Disappointed, Elon Musk felt that he could not wait any longer, and he ran directly to Justin's dormitory the next day, stopped his "goddess" in the stairwell, and said that he wanted to invite her to eat ice cream outside.
Musk's handsome appearance is quite attractive, Justin promised Elon Musk at the time, but the sisters in the dorm told Justin not to promise Musk all at once, you can be appropriately reserved, which made Justin regret it. She posted a note outside her dorm room telling Musk she didn't want to go. Years later, Justin recalled his first impression of An Elon Musk:
"He was one grade older than me, from high society, neat and neat in appearance, and spoke in a South African accent."
I feel that Justin was unable to judge that Musk was born into high society.
After seeing this note, Musk asked the others where Justin had gone, and when he learned that she might have gone to the student center, Musk quickly bought an ice cream kit, went to the student center to find Justin, and finally found it. Justin recalls:
"I left my dorm and stayed in a sweltering room in the student center, reading Spanish texts. A few hours later, I heard a soft coughing sound behind my back. Looking back, Elon Musk was smiling awkwardly at me. Two chocolate ice cream cans in his hand were dripping down. He's the kind of guy who would come with something to ask for answers. ”
However, Justin told Musk that he felt average about him and that he already had a boyfriend, but musk felt that this was more challenging, and he was a person who never left a back road and did not consider conditions for success. Elon Musk did not give up on this, but launched a more enthusiastic pursuit. Roses show up in Justin's dorm room on time every day, and emotional love letters flies to her mailbox from time to time.
Musk while pursuing Justin, while studying hard, he can quickly turn from the state of reading to the state of love, but also from the state of love to the state of learning, which many people do not have.
As communication increases, the wall that separates the two young men is eventually broken down by science fiction. Musk loves science fiction, he's read basically all of it, and Justin not only loves science fiction, she's always had an ideal of becoming a science fiction writer.
So Musk began to talk about science fiction to Justin, and Musk would tell her a lot of truths about the questions Justin raised. Not only that, but Musk supported her idea, and Justin recalled a time when she was with Elon Musk:
"Once, when we went to the bookstore together, I pointed to the bookshelf and said: I hope that one day my books will be on this shelf. Elon's attitude was serious, as if quite touching, he said, there is a flame in your soul, and I see my own shadow in you. ”
Although it was just a simple sentence, the beautiful Justin began to re-examine the South African man in front of him. She said:
"Before that, a friend and I had also mentioned our own dream of being a writer, and the man laughed loudly and almost fell to his feet. It was also the first time that a guy recognized my ideals, not just fascinated by my long hair and small waist. My previous boyfriends have all complained that I'm too competitive, but only Elon Musk says there's a blazing fire in my soul. When he told me, 'I see my own shadow in you,' I could really understand what he meant. ”
In this way, the two entered the stage of hot love, until they entered the palace of marriage.
Musk later created a series of miracles, and it is very important that he dared to challenge himself, never thinking too much about the difficulties, just doing his best to find a way to solve the problem. This is the thinking of successful people, which is very worth learning, of course, all of which is based on a wide range of books.
The model of the successful person is difficult to copy, but the thinking of the successful person can be copied, the idea determines the way out, standing on the commanding heights of thinking, you are half successful, may we work together to stand on the commanding heights of the thinking of the times.
Tianxuan is the author's pen name, who has engaged in teaching and research at the National Defense University, and has studied history and philosophy