Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
When you struggle with a problem, that's when you understand it.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Many things are improbable, only a few are impossible.
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.
People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
For me it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity.
Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold
Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.
What I'm trying to do is to maximise the probability of the future being better.
I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks and you’re putting in 100 hour work weeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing you know that you will achieve in 4 months what it takes them a year to achieve.
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.
I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.
You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.
People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.
Actively seek out and listen carefully to negative feedback.
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.
The biggest mistake, in general, I've made, is to put too much of a weighting on someone's talent and not enough on their personality. And I've made that mistake several times. I think it actually matters whether somebody has a good heart, it really does. I've made the mistake of thinking that it's sometimes just about the brain.
