Hey there,
Hope you’re having a great day!
I’m sitting in a coffee shop writing this email on my phone and I swear I’m getting caffeineted from the fumes in the air…
Gotta love the smell of coffee in the morning.
Elon Musk is probably at SpaceX Starbase right now…
Or maybe he’s at Tesla Motors Giga Texas…
But wherever he is I bet you he is working hard…
Because that’s what the leaders of fantastic organizations do:
They lead by example!
Like Elon.
Elon used to sleep in his office when he could not afford an apartment…
And now that Elon can afford anything he wants he was recently working so hard at Tesla he was sleeping on the factory floor….
Because leaders like Elon set the standard…
And that means leading the way with work ethic and a culture of innovation…
Innovation means not simply following what every other company in the market is doing...
It means reasoning from first principles…
Rather than reasoning by analogy.
A fantastic example is the Cybertruck…
The Cybertruck was not dreamed up by trying to be like any other truck…
The Cybertruck is a product of first principles thinking with a unique design and manufacturing efficiency in mind.
Maybe you love the Cybertruck…maybe you don’t.
Either way I bet you’ve talked about it, because the Cybertruck set a precedent for a remarkable new design.
And you don’t stand out by trying to be like everyone else.
You have to be remarkably different to get people making remarks about you.
First principles thinking takes more work…
It takes more hubris…
Smarter thinking and re-thinking is what it takes to win at the highest level…
So lead by example.
Lead like Elon…
Do the work…
Innovate fearlessly…
And don’t be afraid to stand out!
Check out Elonology for more awesome Elon Musk tips.
Cheers,
Garin
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