The world’s most talked-about man? Probably Elon Musk. The richest man in the world is the man of the future. From Tesla to SpaceX, Musk’s companies are changing the world. So, Elon Musk quotes must tell us a thing or two about this man’s brilliant brain.
Did you know Musk founded Paypal? Yup. It was called X.com when Musk created it. He sold the majority shares of the company to Ebay in 2002 – that’s when it became known as Paypal.
Musk’s influence in the tech world is undoubtedly huge (if you’ve invested in Dogecoin, you definitely feel this deeply…)
Let’s discover Elon Musk quotes so that we can learn a little more about how this genius thinks.
Here are the Best Elon Musk Quotes
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“Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”
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“There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.”
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“I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.”
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“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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“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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“Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends. … Hardly anyone does that, and it’s incredibly helpful.”
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“A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.”
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“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”
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“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
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“I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. Because 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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“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
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“I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.”
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“My biggest mistake is probably weighing too much on someone’s talent and not someone’s personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.”
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“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.”
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“It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
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“I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple’s product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.”
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“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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“I’ve actually not read any books on time management.”
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“Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour workweeks and you’re putting in 100 hour workweeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing, you know that you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve.”
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“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.”
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“It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don’t know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive.”
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“I don’t believe in process. In fact, when I interview a potential employee and he or she says that ‘it’s all about the process,’ I see that as a bad sign. The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You’re encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren’t that smart, who aren’t that creative.”
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“The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.”
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“I’m interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you’re like, ‘Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'”
