“Musk found in Silicon Valley a wealth of the opportunity he’d been seeking and a place equal to his ambitions.” Opportunity has a direct connection to success, but without determination opportunity means nothing. Determination is the first factor evaluated when determining someone's potential success. Elon Musk’s determination has the ability to literally will something into existence. From an early age Elon learned that determination is the greatest thing a man can possess, An abusive parent drilled that along with many other things into Elon’s head. He speaks very little of his childhood, but credits it for making him into the man he is today. This multi-billion dollar man wasn’t built in a day. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for …show more content…
While It switches back and forth it maintains cohesion from reconnecting to multiple broad themes. One of these overlapping themes is determination, but is also accompanied by themes such as hard work is always rewarded. Hard work shows up constantly in the book, probably one of the most obvious one is where Elon had the entire Tesla company come in to work on a Saturday just to prove a point. Elon has a very strong work ethic. His effort can be traced all the way back to his time in college where he rented a fraternity house and threw parties to make money on the side. Most of Elon’s weekends were spent supervising these parties. Almost every hour of everyday is spent working. In Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future even quotes Elon in saying that he dreams of a world where he would not have to eat so that he could continue to work. Elon works himself to the bone and because of this even his relationship with his five children has begun to struggle. The novel Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Speaks of the great difficulties Elon Musk went through to reach his billionaire business mogul status. It mentions creativity and intelligence, but by far the most important thing to learn is that there is no equal to hard work and determination. While we may not get the full story of Elon’s rise to greatness we get a very clear picture of where he has been and where he is heading. Elon has done great things with Tesla and SpaceX, but most importantly, he has put unimaginable effort into his Quest for a Fantastic
For a long time, people have always dreamed about traveling in spaceships or flying cars. The closer people have ever gotten to that reality is through fictional stories. But, what if there is a chance to start traveling to any destination around the world within less than an hour? Elon Musk’s new idea about traveling around the world by rocket would help humanity to evolve into a much more intelligent species. It would also give rockets a new purpose that hadn’t been thought of before. However, is it possible to accomplish such an ambitious task? Rocket traveling seems to be an accomplishable form of transportation because (1) of Elon Musk´s history of innovation and overcoming challenges, fast advancements
The decision for success, for Trump, is work hard and be determined and you can achieve your goals. He has shown this hard working mentality as he was a businessman. He acquired many profitable properties and made smart decisions to eventually gain over a billion dollars. He also showed this determination as he was running for president. Although he was called an "unfit" president he still campaigned and won over the votes of many citizens. In the end, Trump won and his determination to succeed brought him to the White House. All people can learn from Trump because of his hard work and
For example, Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, earned a scholarship to Harvard University, and took his time and spent it all on the school's computer and he knew he had potential. So he dropped out of college his sophomore year, and started a company: Microsoft. This man is what is known a as a pure risk taker. Gladwell states, “Bill gates got to do-real-time programming as an eighth grader” (12). He then evolved his company and he launched it on April 4th, 1975. He knows how to sell his products to needing customers. He interprets how to communicate with customers to attract them to his product that he wants to sell. He excelled at monopolizing his company. In all, he went way beyond just ten years. He knew that in all these events that led to his goal, he was exceedingly lucky. This does not mean he wasn't a brilliant man or that he just relied on luck. He just had excellent communication skills and knows how to sell and induce customers to buy his product, and this led him to achieve a great
Elon musk is considered visionary entrepreneur, because he is a risk taker and a billionaire entrepreneur. He is CEO of many companies and inspires people to follow their dreams and to maybe be as successful as him. His journey and all his success speaks for itself. His vision for Tesla Motor’s is to produce high efficiency low cost vehicles to reduce gas emission lowering pollution and to move toward a safer renewable world. His main goal is to transition into more sustainable energy and to be less reliant on fossil fuels. Elon is most notorious for his CEO position in Tesla Motors, but he is involved with much more than Tesla. He is involved with SpaceX, The Boring Company, and SolarCity. He is leveraging all aspects of innovation through so many different companies and organizations. Including vehicle production, rocket production, and Hyperloop production. Elon and his team introduce many innovative features to all these different aspects across all levels.
Moreover, this concept of free will and becoming financially self-reliant is still prevalent in modern society. The mid-twentieth (20th) to the early twenty-first (21st) century has become the age of entrepreneurship, where peoples from all nations no longer desire to work “for the man” but create their own legacy of prosperity. Likewise, it is a period in time that has redefined the way in which those from all walks of life can obtain success and wealth. Hence, the evolution of reality TV stars, YouTube sensations and rappers from being ordinary individuals to becoming fashion designers, actors and CEOs. However, our definition of success is not only defined by wealth it also includes having a life of meaning that is similar to that of Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. and Malcolm X. Certainly, I am speaking of a life that encompasses the ability to change our world for the better.
For everyone in the business world, Mark Zuckerberg is a well-known name to them. He is an undeniably young, successful businessman. However, Zuckerberg is also a very successful leader in his own company as well as in the world. His impact from creating Facebook is more than just impressive. Zuckerberg created the social media website where people get connected virtually and led the company to incredible success. Zuckerberg’s leadership style can be seen with inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and idealized influence. With all the aforementioned components, Mark Zuckerberg is a great example of transformational leadership.
Gates shows that success will never come easy in life it will always be something you have to want to work hard for to achieve. As he said, “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”. As you can see failure can go two ways because some people fail and give up and some people get right back up and try again, but with Bill Gates he used his experiences of failure and got right back up and tried it again. Now look at him, he’s a billionaire! WIth this in mind, you could end up like Bill Gates and live in luxury like he does, all it takes is a little determination and a strong passion to
When we think of successful people, many names come to mind: President Obama, Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, etc. They're all very well established and have achieved what many call the American Dream. Another name among those that many may think of is Bill Gates, the multi-billionaire and founder of Microsoft. Who hasn't heard of his story? A college dropout reaches great fame and wealth as he pursues his lifelong dream of computer programming. How amazing! If Gates can become so rich and famous despite dropping out of college, anyone can, right? Everywhere around the world people work hard day and night. They work in hopes of achieving something grand. Almost everyone believes that the harder you work, the more you will earn, and therefore the
Zuckerburg’s parents are a dentist named Edward Zuckerburg and a psychiatrist named Karen Kempner. He also has a sister named Randi Jayne Zuckerburg. In middle school Mark started to use computers and had a tutor to help him learn more about computers and software. Zuckerburg went to Ardsley High School, then in his Junior year, transferred to Phillips Exeter Acadamy, a more advanced high school. During high School he took a graduate course at Mercy College near his hometown. Then he went to Harvard University after high school. Zuckerburg made lots of computer games and other small social media sites for Harvard Students. In his Sophomore year, he dropped out of Harvard to pursue his dream in the site that made him famous, Facebook.
The intention for launching the company was Musk’s lifelong passion, reaching space. After unsuccessfully trying to buy a rocket in Russia, he decided to establish his own company: SpaceX. He put 100 million dollars of his fortune to start the company. One of the key elements of success for SpaceX is their centralized engineering. All parts of the rockets are built in the company´s headquarters, instead of producing parts in different locations.
Exploring the deep, dark realms of outer space, developing new energy efficient cars, and coding computers to make life easier are all areas of science that Elon Musk has effected. In his youth, his thirst for knowledge could not be quenched. He read every book and never ran out of questions to ask about the way machines worked. College life helped Elon Musk learn the skills he would need for the outside world. As a professional entrepreneur and the CEO of three companies, Elon Musk has effected almost every area of science.
When one hears the name Bill Gates they proximately think of a Billionaire and Philanthropist, one who has thrived in every challenge life has thrown at him. Gates left a university like Harvard and a set future to chase a pipe dream, which at the time would seem to any man as futile. What 'history' tells the world is that Gates persevered through trials time and again, to single-handedly build an empire known throughout the world as Microsoft. What many don’t know is that Bill Gates had advantages over all his peers (i.e. Steve Jobs) during the course of his ‘odyssey.’ Those recompenses have influenced Gates progress and his eventual triumph as a technology-mogul.
Driven by an intense commitment and determined perseverance, entrepreneurs work very hard at what they do. They excel and want to win. Entrepreneurs are amazing people with a high respect of character. They use their mistakes as something to learn from rather than a failure. No matter the outcome, they believe in themselves and have an extreme confidence not only in themselves, but also in what they do.
Successful entrepreneurs have a clear image of what they want their future to be like. They hold a clear picture of the direction the company should take and have a clear plan of how they will make their vision a reality (9 essential traits of successful entrepreneurs, 2013)
Being a student of success you will find there are varying traits but consistent ones, that lean toward success. It is your personality, your inner drive that will make you successful. Once you identify those traits, your journey as an entrepreneur will lead to success. Here now is THE list. See what you have and what you will need to acquire to achieve: