Musk

the mental state doesn't deteriorate

You must be taken aback to know most people spend less than half the time actually working.

You are just not trying to obstain from things you don't like.

and announce it to the world in order for eager investors to fund your thought experiment. The

Oddly enough, making Nothing appear to be Something took a lot of work.

He’s also battling nations—most notably Russia and China

I think my back is still screwed up

The most striking part of Elon’s character as a young boy was his compulsion to read

Elon, in fact, churned through two sets of encyclopedias—a feat that did little to help him make friends

dark is merely the absence of light

Elon genuinely thought that people would be happy to hear about the flaws in their thin

Whenever the topic of Errol arrives, members of Elon’s family clam up

Musk spent the latter stages of his high school career at Pretoria Boys High School

Several different researchers have proven psychological pain can manifest as physical pain.

Inwestycje w nowe urządzenia mogą pociągać za sobą wzrost kosztów amortyzacji.

Investments in new facilities may entail increases of costs for depreciation.

The enormity of his work ethic at that age and his intensity jumped out

The remarks from the professor were spot-on

They fashioned tables by laying plywood on top of used kegs and came up with other makeshift furniture ideas

Kimbal was the eternal optimist, and he was very, very uplifting

Sorkin considered Musk’s behavior through the whole affair atrocious

Well, and you, Sergey Kokin, deserve a special praise.

To his credit, Musk did not fully buy in to this playboy persona

But even by Silicon V alley’s high-risk standards, it was shocking to put so much of one’s newfound wealth into something as iffy as an online bank

Musk had a modicum of banking experience and had resorted to buying a book on the industry to help understand its inner workings

Shortly after the deal closed, X.com raised $100 million from backers including Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs and boasted that it had more than one million customers.*

many of whom viewed Microsoft as a dated evil empire and Linux as the modern software of the people

“You would expect someone in Elon’s position to be bitter and vindictive, but he wasn’t,” said Botha. “He supported Peter. He was a prince

The PayPal episode was a mixed bag for Musk. His reputation as a leader suffered in the aftermath of the deal, and the media turned on him in earnest for the first time

The tone of the book along with the blog posts goaded Musk in 2007 into writing a 2,200-word e-mail to V alleywag meant to set the record straight with his version of events.

He demonstrated an innate ability to read people and technology trends at the inception of the consumer Web.

He envisioned many of the early pieces of technology—directories, maps, sites that focused on vertical markets—that would become mainstays on the Web

and then sold to eBay for an astronomical sum while the rest of the technology industry was mired in a dramatic downturn.

For a long time, his oppressive hours and his roommates put a crimp on the relationship.

Justine knew all about Musk’s grim childhood and the intense range of emotions he could exhibit.

Musk returned to California in January, which is when the illness took hold. He started to get sick and was bedridden for a few days before Justine took him to a doctor

People liked to brag about the crazy hours they worked

Musk’s entire life had been about chasing a bigger stage, and Palo Alto seemed more like a stepping-stone than a final destination

“We’re all hanging out in this cabana at the Hard Rock Cafe, and Elon is there reading some obscure Soviet rocket manual that was all moldy and looked like it had been bought on eBay

He wanted to inspire the masses and reinvigorate their passion for science, conquest, and the promise of technology

There was nothing. It seemed crazy.” Musk believed that the very idea of America was intertwined with humanity’s desire to explore

Aren’t you hell-bent on completing it like a man on a vengeance

I work on making the email look neat, understandable, digestible from the readers perspective,

“We sat there in silence looking at the Russian peasants shopping in the snow.”

The somber mood lingered all the way to the plane,

So, Griffin and I got drinks and clinked our glasses.”

Musk passed his laptop over to Griffin and Cantrell, and they were dumbfounded

Musk used first principles thinking to break the situation down to the fundamentals, bypass the high prices of the aerospace industry, and create a more effective solution.

First principles thinking is the act of boiling a process down to the fundamental parts that you know are true and building up from there

the group led by Buzza and Mueller began the process of exploring every intricacy of the engines

The SpaceX employees christened the site in fitting fashion

On one occasion, a fuel valve refused to open properly