MD .'s Key Ideas from Elon Musk
by Ashlee Vance

Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

It is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.

I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.