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

Elon Musk

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.
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Commitment Failure Mentality
What is simple in one arena is often profound in another.
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Arena Profound Simplicity
Talent is extremely important. It’s like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.
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Employee Extreme Important Individual Player Strategy Talent Win
You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.
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Business Happen Miserable Motivational Pretty Yourself
Elevator music is underrated.
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Elevator Music One Liner Underrated
Never trust cynics, as they excuse their own bad deeds by telling themselves everyone does it.
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Cynic Deed Excuse Trust
You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.
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Business Entrepreneur Passionate People Want
Great companies are built on great products.
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Business Company Greatness One Liner Product
I read books and talked to people. I mean that’s kind of how one learns anything. There’s lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.
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Book Reading
I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
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Die Humour ImpAction Mars
I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.
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Business Company Creation Done Entrepreneur Sake
My opinion is it’s a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.
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Bridge Car Opinion
Mars is the only place in the solar system where it’s possible for life to become multi-planetarian.
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Life Mars Planet Possible Science
You should be innovating so fast that you’re invalidating your prior patents.
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Innovation Invalid Patent
Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you’re doing is as valuable as gold.
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Business Constant Criticism Gold Seek Value
If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
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Business Cake Company Creation Entrepreneur Ingredient Proportion

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