Elon Musk is een bekende ondernemer en visionair, en hij heeft in de loop der jaren veel inspirerende en opmerkelijke uitspraken gedaan. Hier zijn enkele van de meest opvallende quotes van Elon Musk:
- “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
- “I think it’s possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”
- “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”
- “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”
- “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
- “Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”
- “Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.”
- “I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.”
- “The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.”
- “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.”
- “It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
- “The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements, as well as scale.”
- “Life is too short for long-term grudges.”
- “I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”
- “You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it.”
- “The greatest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”
- “Great companies are built on great products.”
- “It’s very important to like the people you work with, otherwise life [and] your job is gonna be quite miserable.”
- “I always have optimism, but I’m realistic. It was not with the expectation of great success that I started Tesla or SpaceX… It’s just that I thought they were important enough to do anyway.”
- “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.”
- “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.”
- “There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.”
- “You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.”
- “Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.”
- “The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is just tenacity.”
- “Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week.”
- “I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.”
- “I don’t spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.”
- “Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.”
- “I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.”
- “People work better when they know what the goal is and why.”
- “I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”
- “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.”
- “Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.”
- “You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.”
- “I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”
- “If something’s important enough, you should try. Even if you – the probable outcome is failure.”
- “Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive, and determination of the people behind it as the product they sell.”
- “What makes innovative thinking happen?… I think it’s really a mindset. You have to decide.”
- “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
- “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.”
- “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.”
- “I always have optimism, but I’m realistic. It was not with the expectation of great success that I started Tesla or SpaceX… It’s just that I thought they were important enough to do anyway.”
- “We have a strict ‘no jerks’ policy at SpaceX.”
- “There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.”
- “It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
- “There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.”
- “Don’t be afraid of new arenas.”
- “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.”
- “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.”
- “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.”
- “I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.”
- “It’s very important to like the people you work with, otherwise life [and] your job is gonna be quite miserable.”
- “It’s not as much about money as it is about effort. I think money is just a score card. If you have enough money, you can make anything happen.”
- “When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.”
- “You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it.”
- “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.”
- “I think the best way to attract venture capital is to try and come up with a demonstration of whatever product or service it is and ideally take that as far as you can. Just see if you can sell that to real customers and start generating some momentum. The further along you can get with that, the more likely you are to get funding.”
- “I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”
- “The best part is no part. The best process is no process. It weighs less. It costs less. It’s simpler.”
- “I’d like to die on Mars, just not on impact.”
- “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?'”
- “Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time.”
- “I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.”
- “Don’t confuse education with schooling. I didn’t go to Harvard, but people who work for me did.”
- “People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.”
- “We’re going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.”
- “If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the saplings, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth.”
- “I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.”
- “It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
- “Don’t delude yourself into thinking something’s working when it’s not, or you’re gonna get fixated on a bad solution.”
- “I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.”
- “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.”
- “There’s a fundamental difference, if you look into the future, between a humanity that is a space-faring civilization, that’s out there exploring the stars… compared with one where we are forever confined to Earth until some eventual extinction event.”
- “I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.”
- “Don’t confuse education with schooling. I didn’t go to Harvard, but people who work for me did.”
- “People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.”
- “We’re going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.”
- “If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the saplings, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth.”
- “I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.”
- “It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
- “Don’t delude yourself into thinking something’s working when it’s not, or you’re gonna get fixated on a bad solution.”
- “I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.”
- “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.”
- “There’s a fundamental difference, if you look into the future, between a humanity that is a space-faring civilization, that’s out there exploring the stars… compared with one where we are forever confined to Earth until some eventual extinction event.”
- “I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.”
- “The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.”
- “Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.”
- “The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements, as well as scale.”
- “It’s very important to like the people you work with, otherwise life [and] your job is gonna be quite miserable.”
- “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.”
- “It’s not as much about money as it is about effort. I think money is just a score card. If you have enough money, you can make anything happen.”
- “I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.”
- “When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.”
- “You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it.”
- “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.”
- “I think the best way to attract venture capital is to try and come up with a demonstration of whatever product or service it is and ideally take that as far as you can. Just see if you can sell that to real customers and start generating some momentum. The further along you can get with that, the more likely you are to get funding.”
- “I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”
- “The best part is no part. The best process is no process. It weighs less. It costs less. It’s simpler.”
- “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?'”
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