Elon Musk

I was concerned that if I didn’t study business, I would be forced to work for someone who did

When things were most dire, he got energized.

When you are no longer in a survive-or-die mode, it’s not that easy to get motivated every day.

“He knew that real adventures involve risk,” he says. “Risk energized him.”

Live dangerously—carefully

He also enlisted in a movement called Technocracy, which believed that government should be run by technocrats rather than politicians.

one of those people who feels most alive when a hurricane is coming

While other entrepreneurs struggled to develop a worldview, he developed a cosmic view.

Don’t be the weak dumb fuck

They can also be crazy. Crazy enough to think they can change the world.