Thread by @thesegunadebayo

💡 Thought Provoking Advice from Elon Musk's ex-wife 🔥

Question: Will I become a billionaire if I am determined and put in all the necessary work required?

Her answer [THREAD] 👇🏼
No. You're determined and hardworking, so what?

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 that no computer could replace you, no one could outsource you.

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 you because you want it or work so hard you feel you 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 a 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.)