In 2021, Elon Musk became the world's richest man for the first time with a wealth of 1.28 trillion yuan, and Musk managed a total of 6 companies, which have the potential to disrupt the industry in their respective fields, including: SpaceX (rocket launch and recycling), Tesla (electric vehicles), The Boring Company (Hyperloop), OpenAI (artificial intelligence), Future of Life Institute (Future of Life Research) , and Neuralink (brain chip).
As a man who has repeatedly made history, Musk has demonstrated his outstanding ability in many fields.
In his speech, he pointed out that the key to his success is "internal drive", and the most terrible thing in the world is that children do not have "internal drive".
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The following is from Musk's shocking speech, which can be used as a compulsory lesson for every parent and child to watch together.
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I want to do something that will affect the future of humanity
I want to do things that will affect the future.
So, I decided to study physics and business. Because to achieve such a lofty goal, you must understand how the universe works, how the economy works, and also find the best talent team to invent things together.
In 1995, I came to California (to Stanford University for a Ph.D.) to find out how to increase the energy density of electric vehicles, for example, whether there are better capacitors that can be used as a replacement for batteries.
But at that time, with the rise of the Internet, I was faced with two choices: continue to research capacitor technology, which has little chance of success, or devote myself to the network business. In the end, I chose to drop out of school and participate in online entrepreneurship, one of which was PayPal.
We originally intended to use PayPal to provide integrated financial services, which is a large and complex system. As a result, every time I introduce the system to others, everyone is not interested.
When we introduce it again, there is a small function of email payment in the system, and everyone becomes interested. So we decided to focus on email payments, and PayPal was a hit.
After PayPal success, I began to wonder, what are the problems in front of me that are most likely to affect the future of humanity? I think the biggest problem facing the planet is sustainable energy, which is how to produce and consume energy in a sustainable way. If this problem is not solved in the twenty-first century, we will be in the foresight of disaster.
Another big problem that could affect human survival is how to migrate to other planets.
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If you have a dream, let it go
In 2002, to solve the problem of space transportation, I founded SpaceX. The people I talked to at the time urged me not to do it. He's actually not wrong, I've never made a physical product, so it was really difficult at the beginning, and the rocket launch failed three times in a row, which was very painful.
But we learned from every failure and finally succeeded in the fourth launch in 2008, putting Falcon One into Earth orbit, by which time I had run out of all my money.
After that, our transport rockets went from Falcon One to Falcon Nine, and developed the Wyvern spacecraft. Recently, after launching, Wyvern successfully connected to the International Space Station and returned to Earth, and I can't believe we really did.
In 2003, to prove the potential of electric vehicles, I founded Tesla. In the past, many people thought that electric cars were too slow, not far to run, and ugly, no different from golf carts. To change people's impressions, we developed the Tesla Roadster, an electric sports car that is fast, runs far and has a pulling style.
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So, to start a company, you have to actually prototype the product. Because, no matter how wonderful the paper work and PowerPoint report, it is not as convincing as coming up with the actual product.
That's how I started my business along the way. I would say that imagination has no limits, don't let anything stop you, just do your magic.
Below, I'd like to share a few tips for success, some of which you may have heard of, but are worth re-emphasizing.
If you have a dream, let it go, aim for the moon, and if you fail, at least fall on the clouds.
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I think people can choose to be extraordinary
In a person's life, if he does not experience several failures, he will miss the opportunity to challenge himself to the limits.
People are too afraid of failure and will amplify the fear of failure. Imagine what it would be like to fail? You may be hungry, you may lose your shelter...
But I think at least have the courage to try. Sometimes, people define their abilities, and they don't actually realize how great their abilities are.
The course of life is always accompanied by countless successes and failures. Since we have chosen innovation, we cannot be afraid of failure, but chew the essence of things from each failure. Through continuous experimentation, you can finally succeed.
Accept failure, but not abandonment.
Your goal is important: If I were purely trying to optimize my net worth, I wouldn't choose these businesses. I'll be in real estate or finance, or, frankly, in oil.
And when I was in college, I always thought about what would best affect the future of mankind. So, from PayPal all the way, I've been thinking, "Well, what are the factors that are most likely to affect the future of humanity?" Instead of thinking "What is the best way to make money?" ”
For me, what I'm going to do is something meaningful, to do what I can to make the world a better place, and that's what I want to do. I want to change the world, and I hope to be able to do my best to create a new world where people can enjoy life, and that's what I want to do. For that, I don't mind taking risks.
Finally, I would like to say that what is worrying today is that the motivation for children to learn and progress today comes almost entirely from external pressures and rewards, so the result may be that they will neither have grand goals nor perseverance.
As long as there is enough internal drive, the average child can also achieve extraordinary achievements.
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