Elon Musk podcast resilience quote

    by Evira: Elon Musk

    Elon Musk says he doesn't find strength the way others expect. His motivation is simply that important tasks need completion, so they keep doing it or die trying. He claims he doesn't need a source of strength because quitting isn't in his nature. He states he doesn't care about optimism or pessimism, just that they're gonna get it done.

    Transcript (en)

    A source of strength. That's really not how I think about things. I mean, for me, it's simply this is something that is important to get done, and we should just keep doing it or die trying. And I don't need a source of strength. So quitting is not even like... It's not in my nature. Okay. And I don't care about optimism or pessimism. Fuck that, we're gonna get it done. I'm going to get it done.