1. What surprised me the most was how Elon took really big risks and pushed through so much almost going broke to come out of that unscathed and build up Tesla and SpaceX. I admire his tenacity and work ethic as he would he wouldn't know much about a subject and he would learn so he would understand the mechanics of anything and be able to work with his Engineers. I least admired his personality as sometimes he can be pretty harsh and fire people from his company that were loyal and valuable to him. Elon faced adversity and failure during much of his start ups but he pushed through and worked hard to either get money or to fix the problems before they ruined either company.
2. Elon exhibited many competencies as he has an amazing work ethic and would work nonstop until he get what he needs to get done even if he has to stay up all night or sleep at the office. He also learns everything that he has to know about what he is making even if he has to start from scratch. He would be someone who doesn't know that much to being an expert after he learns.
3. One part that was confusing was when they were talking about the business side or go deep in the engineering topics for engines and rockets as it was hard to know what they were talking about.
4. If I were able to ask Elon two questions would be how is he able to work so much and still be able to have a social life and what his philosophy on his work ethic is to get a better understanding.
5. I think his opinion for hard work was that he thinks people should be as passionate as he is on what they re working and be able to do the impossible while making it even harder to do but still being able to do it. He wants to push people to their limits while pushing it more. I agree with the idea that if you were passionate about something that you could get in the zone and work really hard during that time and get a lot done.
This entrepreneur sounds as if he takes hard work rather seriously and I wonder if it has anything to do with his sometimes-harsh behavior towards his workers. He even takes hard work to higher levels to by staying up all night and going on through the day tired or having to sleep at his office rather than going home shows his commitment towards his work.
ReplyDeleteI think Elon Musk is a really cool and interesting entrepreneur to look up to. He's been on so many business ventures both successful and unsuccessful, it's amazing to see his drive and passion for what he does. It's also interesting to see what he writes on Twitter and how that can interfere with his professionalism.
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