Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance

What a depiction of courage, braveness, unshakable tech knowledge, and an attitude for not taking a NO.

The Book does justice to both Elon Musk and the Interviewees given by other close employees/others near Elon. Some sections call out what happened and provides a note about How Elon viewed that situation and whether it required attention or let it go.

He learnt the computers with 5KB memory and started with Basic, pascal. Always did basic requirements only for passing the classes except for Physics and computers.

Lucky to get Canadian passport from Mom’s Canadian citizenship. His first super move to Canada was during his 18th Birthday. He wasliterally bullied for 3–4 years in high school. He was not a sporty! These aspects are certainly playing up in the future Musk.

One of the activities they took was to read the newspaper, call a few people, and ask for lunch. They called Peter Nicholson. He was a top executive in Bank of Nova Scotia. They met and Peter was impressed with them. Finally, they got a summer intern job there. When he met Peter’s daughter, he said “ I like electric cars”.

Important :

Musk had found people who responded to his ambition rather than mocking it, and he fed in this environment. He created an environment for himself with right folks around him.

When Elon gets into something, he develops just this different level of interest in it than other people.