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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