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The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it’s going to become multiplanetary, or it’s going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there’s going to be an extinction event.

Elon Musk

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.
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Enjoyment Goals Important Morning People Work
I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I’m really good at email.
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Communication Internet Possible
What is simple in one arena is often profound in another.
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Arena Profound Simplicity
The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn’t even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we’d never have had the light bulb.
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Attempt Experiment Failure Goals Imvention Invalid Space
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
You should be innovating so fast that you’re invalidating your prior patents.
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Innovation Invalid Patent
Fear is a hard thing to deal with. I feel it quite strongly. If I think something is important enough, I’ll make myself do it in spite of fear. But it can really sap the will. I hate fear, I wish I had it less.
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Deal Enough Fear Important Quite Strong
When people really understand it’s do or die . If we work hard and pull through, it’s going to be a great outcome; people will give it everything they’ve got.
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Die Outcome People Understand Work Hard
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
I always like going South; somehow, it feels like going downhill.
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Feeling Going Travel
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
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Enough Entrepreneur Favour Important Inspirational
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
Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.
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Inspirational Learning Lesson Patience Tough Virtue
I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.
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Entrepreneur Expectation Failure Start
Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
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Afraid Arena Inspirational One Liner
Great companies are built on great products.
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Business Company Greatness One Liner Product
I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
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Die Humour ImpAction Mars
Government isn’t that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you’ve got to have commercial companies do it.
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Advance Company Government Research Technology
Moral condemnation used not for morality, but as a weapon for manipulation is messed up
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Manipulation Mess Moral Weapon
I wouldn’t say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I’d like my fear emotion to be less because it’s very distracting and fries my nervous system.
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Distract Emotion Fear Lack
Work like hell.
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Business Entrepreneur Hell Motivational One Liner Work
For me it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity.
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Business Entrepreneur Future Human Money Problem Solve
Getting there was super hard. Very proud of Tesla team!
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Appreciation Entrepreneur Proud Team Work
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
Give people their freedom back!
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Freedom One Liner People
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.
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Inspirational Learning People Sell Thinking Try
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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