We all know Elon Musk somehow managed to really change both the space and car industries, and this while still in his 30's. He has super focus, drive, vision, and built a network of super talent around his goals.
He recruits fantastic people and inspires them, and then he makes fantastic work demands – which are also part of the legend. "Ulcer-inducing deadlines” and 100-hour work weeks make for some bad stories, but I'm going to share some good stories from that biography I'm reading . .
After working so hard, sacrificing personal time, the employees of SpaceX had big investment of effort in their rockets. They were going where many had failed before and they wanted to succeed.
"The failed launch [third rocket test] left many SpaceX exmployees shattered. "It was like the worst [blank] day ever.You don't usually see grown-ups weeping, but there they were. We were tired and broken emotionally."
"Musk addressed the workers right away, and encouraged them to get back to work. He said, "Look. We are going to do this. It's going to be okay. Don't freak out."
SpaceX employee Singh says, "It was like magic.Everyone chilled out immediately and started to focus on figuring out what just happened and how to fix it. It went from despair to hope and focus."
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