You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be.. Better.

About Elon Musk

Elon Reeve Musk ( EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is an industrialist, futurist and former United States public official who is the chief executive officer and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025, and became the only trillionaire (in terms...

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There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.

—Elon Musk

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.

—Elon Musk

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.

—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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Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

—Elon Musk

You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be.. Better.

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