There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass―covering.
There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass―covering.

Similar Elon Musk quotes:
Other Entrepreneurship :
- You have to work on the business first before it works for you.
- Uncovering the right problem is half the solution.
- Your comfort zone is not that comfortable.
- People who love all fields of knowledge are the ones who can best spot the patterns that exist across nature.
- An entrepreneur is more useful and valuable to the economy than an economist.
- If you’re watching your competitors, you’re unlikely to invent a bunch of stuff on your own.
- Invention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don’t do anything new.
- Entrepreneur, get creative or live stagnant. ~
- Act NOW on those ideas! As they say, you snooze you lose. Or as I say, if you BEGIN you WIN.
- You will have more regrets for the things you didn’t try than the ones you tried and didn’t succeed at.
- Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
- I think all of us need to be on guard against arrogance which knocks at the door whenever you’re successful.
- Do what you love and love what you do.
- Living in the past makes your future predictable.
- In business, what’s dangerous is not to evolve.
- 1 failure equals 1000 lessons
- Love what you sell and master how you sell it.
- You can’t achieve major goals with minimal effort.
- If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we’ll turn out all right.
- Are you truly living life or just paying bills until you die?