7 lessons from 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝

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1.

As you get older, the more responsibilities you will have.

So Try to get as much as you can, done whilst you’re young

Become an entrepreneur, follow your passions.

Take control of your life, your finances

2.

Complaining is an energy drain

BUT

Complaints are also a
‘sign that there is a problem to be solved’

Instead of complaining about traffic, Elon Founded ‘the Boring Company’ that plans to decrease congestion

He replaced complaining with CREATING

3.

Ads aren’t ALWAYS necessary.

Use them at your own discretion

In the end make sure you’re working smarter NOT harder

social media attracts Millions of users

Many people rely on growing their audience on social media & find it more cost efficient to not pay for ads

4. Read:

It’s no coincidence that most entrepreneurs/ wealthy people share a common interest of reading in their past time.

You can never get enough of education and there’s always something to learn.
Take a break from the screens and feed your mind.

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As a child Elon Musk would often read 10+ hours a day

By age 9 he read the entire Encyclopaedia back to back

Reading basically brought him up

5.

Work on your passions.

Elon quite often has been public about how he doesn’t that care much for how much he earns.

When he discovered he’s the richest man in the world his response was “back to work”

He does it for his joy not JUST for the bag

6.
FAILURE IS OK

To be successful, you need to fail.

If you always win, you never learn.

Elon once said “if you’re never failing, you’re not innovating enough” or pushing yourself hard enough

7.

Don’t just be a sheep following the shepherd.

Be CREATIVE rather than mainstream and a trend follower.

Bring something new to the table.

Repetitive gets boring. Don’t follow the herd.