Elon Musk: The price of greatness
A case reflection that our childhood dreams can be our reality
QUOTE
The future belong to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
My Random Thought
Today, let’s talk about Elon Musk, not primarily his success or wealth. But something deeper than that.
Here’s a man who’s living out the dreams we had as children—the fantasies we once believed in before life told us to be “realistic.” Now, as adults, many of us are just trying to survive, while Musk, unapologetically, chases the dreams others laugh at.
He doesn’t care. He is reshaping the way we think about the future, and taking on challenges most of us wouldn’t dare approach. He chose to press beyond what people told him was possible.
I’m not necessarily a fan of Elon Musk. Honestly, it doesn’t matter whether I like him or not. But I can’t deny his genius. He’s a rare individual. Yet, along with his brilliant feats comes a lot of darkness—nightmares and issues that most of us will never know. From a broken home to mental challenges, Musk has his share of trauma.
In a recent biography of Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson’s dives deep into this issues. It tells of a man who is as haunted as he is innovative. His behaviors, his psychology—it all seems intertwined with his success. And Issacson asks a profound question: “If you take away these challenges, will you still have the Elon Musk of today?”
Maybe the nightmares and the brilliance are two sides of the same coin. Maybe that’s the price of greatness. While we sit here, thinking and complaining about the limits of our present reality, he’s been investing in the future—not projecting from where he is now, but from where he dreams to be.
💡 Here’s the thing: tribulations, challenges, and persucution will come to all, who dares to dream. But the one certainty is the future would belongs to those who dare to act. Those who have the vision and the courage to create the future they desire and live a better place for others. DEEPER DIVE
The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail. - Nelson Mandela
Dreams must be projected from where we aspire to be, not constrained by our present reality.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. - Ambrose Redmon
Genius often comes with a price. Traumas and challenges may be the very things that fuel our brilliance.
When something’s important enough, you do it even if the odds are against you. - Elon Musk
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Spectators will always exist, but the future belongs to those bold enough to turn their visions into reality.
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough. - Elon Musk
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Be Determined, Stay Focus,
Ekerete Lord-kris.
(Hortharn)