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Daily quotes bout the wisdom of Elon Musk (not affliated) | Tesla | SpaceX | The Boring Company | Fan page "I could either watch it happen or be a part of it."

Every person in your company is a vector. Your progress is determined by the sum of all vectors.


Constantly think about how you could be doing things better.


I take the position that I'm always to some degree wrong, and the aspiration is to be less wrong.


One of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask. Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy.


Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.


When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.


The idea of lying on a beach as my main thing just sounds like the worst. It sounds horrible to me. I would go bonkers. I would have to be on serious drugs. I’d be super-duper bored. I like high intensity.


The first step is to establish that something is possible then probability will occur.


I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad.


If you need inspiration, don't do it.


No, I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated.


Constantly seek criticism. A well-thought-out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.


I think it would be great to be born on Earth and die on Mars. Just hopefully not at the point of impact.


It is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.


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.


You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.


My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.


You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve.


It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.


When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.


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