Elon Musk has 5 key pieces of advice for young people who want to be successful in life
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Be useful
The first tip Musk gave was that people should "try to be useful."
"Do things that are useful to your fellow human beings, to the world," the billionaire told Fridman. "It's hard to be useful — very hard."
If someone is living a useful life, it's a "life worth having lived," Musk said.
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Contribute to society
The second piece of advice he mentioned in the podcast was that someone should contribute more than they consume.
"Try to have a positive net contribution to society," he told Fridman. "That's something to aim for."
Musk said on the podcast that he has "a lot of respect for someone who puts in an honest day's work."
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Don't try to be a leader
Musk also advised young people not to try to be a leader for the sake of it.
"A lot of the time, the people you want as leaders are the people who don't want to be leaders," he told Fridman.
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Read books and ingest information
Musk told Fridman that he read through the encyclopedia as a kid.
"I would encourage people to read a lot of books," he said. "Try to ingest as much information as you can, and try to also develop a good general knowledge so you at least have a rough lay of the land of the knowledge landscape."
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Talk to people
His final piece of advice was for young people to talk to others.
"Talk to people from different walks of life and different industries and professions and skills," he told Fridman. "Learn as much as possible."
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