1) You’re the only person that is holding you back.
Many people don’t even make it to step 1 of fulfilling their dreams because they stay on step 0 forever.
This means that even before they have made an effort to reach their dreams, they have already put themselves down.
They're just too afraid and do not believe in themselves enough.
Belive in yourself and take that action. Don't think too much.
2) Great Things Take Time and Effort.
There's nothing on this planet that you'll get easily.
You have to put in a lot of effort to achieve something.
So eliminate the concept of EASY SUCCESS from your life.
3) Not Everyone Will Support You.
This is the harshest truth.
No matter how much you try to please others, you'll never be able to please everyone.
Also don't try to do so, this way only you'll become more unhappy.
Just focus on what you want to do from your heart.
4) Step One is Always the Hardest.
Even if you have finally uplift yourself to follow your dreams, you might find that the beginning is the toughest, most confusing, and most discouraging step of all.
This might be because your dreams might seem to be unachievable to you.
You might think that I have dreamt a lot big and it's not possible to achieve it.
But there's nothing that you can't achieve.
The solution to this is just break that dream/goal into small steps.
Make a plan what will be your approach on it daily and you'll find it achievable.
5) You Cannot Control Everything.
The unfortunate truth is that, despite your best efforts, you cannot make everything go your way.
Sometimes things will not go as you planned.
So simply just focus on controlling the controllable and leave other things in god's hand.
6) You Can’t Do It All Alone.
No one can ever be jack of all trades. One always need a team to achieve big.
A good team fills all the spaces that you lack.
Remember this African Proverb always 👇
"If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together."
7) It's ok to fail.
Failure gets a really bad reputation because of our drive and desire to succeed.
However, in the history of inventors, the great products came about only after a number of mistakes and failures.
The good thing about failing is that you can figure out what went wrong and improve it to make it work the next time.
So never and ever be afriad of failure.
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He believes everything is simple and can be self taught.
"I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lot of great books out there & lots of smart people." @elonmusk
2) Work super hard.
Elon is a hardcore workaholic.
He has been working 100 hours a week since a lot many years.
"If other people are putting in 40 hours in a week, and you’re putting in 100, you will achieve in four months, what it takes them a year to achieve." @elonmusk