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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.

Elon Musk

Goal of government should be to maximize the happiness of the people. Giving each person money allows them to decide what meets their needs, rather than the blunt tool of legislation, which creates self-serving special interests.
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Giving Government Happiness Interest Money People
Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.
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Business Car Confidence Fight Revolution Stay
I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems. It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
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Earth Life Problem Solve
I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don’t believe in the whole thing of just using other people’s money. I don’t think that’s right. I’m not going to ask other people to invest in something if I’m not prepared to do so myself.
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Business Company Entrepreneur Investment Money Myself People
Work like hell.
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Business Entrepreneur Hell Motivational One Liner Work
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
If heat death is the end of the universe, it really is all about the journey.
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Death Ending Heat Journey Universe
It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
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Basket Business Control Egg Happen Inspirational
Great companies are built on great products.
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Business Company Greatness One Liner Product
I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.
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Entrepreneur Expectation Failure Start
There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.
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Optimism Risk Tremendous Try
The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.
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CEO Department Design Engineer Market Office Path
Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.
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Inspirational Learning Lesson Patience Tough Virtue
Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.
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Engineer Existence Magic World
If you’re co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don’t do your chores, the company won’t succeed. No task is too menial.
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CEO Company Entrepreneur Success Task Work
I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
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Advice Business Constant Improvement Success

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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