“”So many people tried to talk me out of starting a rocket company. It was crazy.””
This reminds me so much of Rush Limbaugh. I was fortunate to have found Rush’s show his first week in Sacramento, 3-4 years before he went national.
Rush often talks about all the people who tried to warn him that a nationally syndicated radio show in the middle of the day would never fly, never be successful. Most of the people advising him this way were failures. Why on Earth would you listen to failures?
I don’t remember Rush ever bragging that he was the hardest-working man in show business. He just did it. (Besides, most of Rush’s faux bragging was to further tweak the liberal wackos). The way he established and grew his radio show was impressive. His Rush To Excellence tours throughout America solidified and expanded his audience, until, eventually, 650 radio stations carried his show.
I remember the four years of his television show. He had a map of the United States, and during every show he would place more pushpins as his TV audience grew and grew. It was just like his radio show expansion. Eventually, the entire fruited plain was covered with pushpins.
Rush and Robert Heinlein are smiling down on Musk, cheering him on to greater heights and accomplishments.
Good stuff
That was excellent. Thanks for sharing.