# Elon Musk 1. Seek Criticism (this is directly in line with having good [Feedback Loops](Feedback%20Loops.md)) 2. Learn constantly 3. Reason from first principles 4. Have confidence in yourself 5. Live in the [Opportunity Zone](Opportunity%20Zone.md) 6. [Iteration at SpaceX](Iteration%20at%20SpaceX.md) 7. [Velocity over Predictability](Velocity%20over%20Predictability.md) 8. Have very strong intensity and huge desire to solve the problem you set out to solve. 9. You need to create distance between yourself and your ideas. Or, view yourself and someone who constantly improves, and it is that that you identify with, not being who you are today, or the ideas you’re having today. Again, tight feedback loops  10. Motto: just try it, just do it, if the consequence is low then send it and figure it out later  11. Learning about yourself is a gift. You should get a high from this. Even if it’s semi painful on the surface 12. Have a scrappiness about you. Move fast, iterate, try things, avoid heavy process or needing things to be "perfect". --- Date: 20231022 Links to: Tags: References: * [The Elon Musk Post Series — Wait But Why](https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/03/elon-musk-post-series.html) * [The Cook and the Chef: Musk's Secret Sauce — Wait But Why](https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/11/the-cook-and-the-chef-musks-secret-sauce.html) * Elon Musk Biography by Walter Isaacson * [X](https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy/status/1714667078261653669?s=42)