Elon Musk reveals the single idea that explains why he keeps working despite being worth $800 billion
"When I was a teenager, I had an existential crisis trying to figure out what's the meaning of life. It doesn't seem to be any meaning"
"For me at least, the religious texts that I read did not seem convincing. Then I started reading the philosophers. You have to be careful of reading German philosophers as a teenager. It's definitely not going to help with your depression"
"Reading Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, as a kid you're like, whoa"
"Then I read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. What Douglas Adams was saying is that we don't really know what the right questions are to ask. The real problem is trying to formulate the question. To really have the right question, you need a much bigger computer than Earth"
"The universe is the answer. What is the question? Or what are the questions?"
"The more we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, the better we can understand what questions to ask about the answer that is the universe"
"The more we can expand consciousness, become a multi-planet species, ultimately a multi-stellar species, we have a chance of figuring out what the hell's going on"
"This is why I think we should have more humans and more digital, both biological and digital consciousness"
The curse of intelligence is restlessness, the curse of lacking intelligence is envy. The curse of courage is isolation, the curse of lacking courage is regret.
Shyness will cost you millions over your lifetime. Every conversation you avoid. Every opportunity you miss. Every deal you don’t ask for. Learn to be bold or end up broke.
@kunalb11 Humor requires the friction of truth to function. When you eliminate pushback, you kill the self-awareness necessary to find the irony in life.
A yes man is just a mirror that lies to you. Without a dissenting voice, your perspective becomes a vacuum where wit goes to die.
I’m sorry but you’re not boring enough.
Keep a small circle, say no to extravagant vacations, eat the same food, go to bed early, and work on the same creative projects every day.
Boring isn’t flashy, but it builds a life far more meaningful than most people's highlight reels.
@jaynitx Naval nailed it again.
The moment I stopped chasing what looks impressive on paper and started doubling down on the one thing that genuinely feels like play (even when it's 2 a.m. and I'm still wired), everything shifted. 📍
The happiest people I know are not doing more.
They are noticing more.
They pause to celebrate small wins others ignore. Ten minutes of focused work. One uncomfortable email sent. An honest start on a low-energy day.
That habit will make you effective.
Because people who notice progress keep going.
Elon Musk advice to ambitious people:
Try to read a lot of books (read broadly), ingest as much information as you can and develop a good general knowledge.
Grab a notebook.
Write out exactly what you want in your future, don't miss a detail. Then, break it down into goals. Decades, years, months, weeks, and days.
Every day, write down the 3 levers you can pull to make actual progress.
Then, forget about the goals and execute.
Deepinder stepping down as Eternal CEO was not on my bingo card
I guess there has been some cumulative effect of all the non-Zomato projects + the conversation around gig workers spiralling
I'd say one of the best public CEOs in recent times created almost $20B of value
Greenlanders protesting American takeover is like the employees of a small tiny company resisting Mukesh Ambani taking over
A tiny population with no army, no capital dominance is already dependent, whether it admits it or not.
So the question is not:
“Do we stay sovereign?”
It’s actually:
“Who do we depend on, and on what terms?”
Reality is that languages die when kids migrate, traditions vanish when livelihoods disappear and the so called identity collapses when youth see a better future which explains everyone wanting to go to U S
If a takeover gives higher income, better education, better healthcare and better security, then resisting is like employees rejecting a buyout because they’re emotionally attached to the past instead of seeing it as an additional strength for the future
Whether they will say or not , if not their leaders , majority of the countries people will want to be a part of America