One of Jo’s daily inspirational creations, find more cool stuff on her IG @winelipz
Above is a finely crafted infographic created by Jo (@winelipz), inside of which you’ll find Justine Musk’s answer for how to be as great as those with extreme and affluent success (ie, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, etc).
Whether or not you agree with Justine, you can’t deny that she has had first hand experience in witnessing one of those “greats”. It’s difficult to decipher if you are on the path to greatness, or if the reason why your peers and the people on your journey get pissed off is because you’re simply screwing up and sabotaging your chances.
It feels nice to be able to check off points on a list of things that match up to your own experience. But even that can’t distract you from the drive that seems to isolate you from everything and everyone else. The thing that really pushes someone all the way into that greatness is shedding whatever fear or resentment they had for who they really are.
Let everything else go.
Accept what you are and move forward with nothing to hold you back. Fear nothing that can’t kill you. Find out what you enjoy, what you truly believe in, and keep after it. If it’s what you truly desire, there will always be enough time. There will always be space. There will always be enough money. Because no matter what circumstance you find yourself in, you will always make it happen. And if you find yourself facing defeat, knee deep in responsibility for something without the means to create results, you own that failure. But without allowing it to destroy your momentum. Keep going. Keep coming up with ideas and keep trying to make them happen.
Here is another answer she gave to the question, “Will I become a billionaire if I am determined to be one and put in all the necessary work required?” From, Business Insider.
“Shift your focus away from what you want (a billion dollars) and get deeply, intensely curious about what the world wants and needs. Ask yourself what you have the potential to offer that is so unique and compelling and helpful that no computer could replace you, no one could outsource you, no one could steal your product and make it better and then club you into oblivion (not literally). Then develop that potential. Choose one thing and become a master of it. Choose a second thing and become a master of that. When you become a master of two worlds (say, engineering and business), you can bring them together in a way that will a) introduce hot ideas to each other, so they can have idea sex and make idea babies that no one has seen before and b) create a competitive advantage because you can move between worlds, speak both languages, connect the tribes, mash the elements to spark fresh creative insight until you wake up with the epiphany that changes your life. The world doesn’t throw a billion dollars at a person because the person wants it or works so hard they feel they deserve it. (The world does not care what you want or deserve.) The world gives you money in exchange for something it perceives to be of equal or greater value: something that transforms an aspect of the culture, reworks a familiar story or introduces a new one, alters the way people think about the category and make use of it in daily life. There is no roadmap, no blueprint for this; a lot of people will give you a lot of advice, and most of it will be bad, and a lot of it will be good and sound but you’ll have to figure out how it doesn’t apply to you because you’re coming from an unexpected angle. And you’ll be doing it alone, until you develop the charisma and credibility to attract the talent you need to come with you.
Have courage. (You will need it.) And good luck. (You’ll need that too.)”
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