Directionality

First principles and long-term thinking.

That is what defines Elon Musk. Everything about how he operates is based in these frameworks. And ultimately, he ends up being directionally correct. Every. single. time.

Love him or hate him, disagree with his personal views or adore them, you simply can’t argue the track record:

• Invented one of the first mainstream digital currencies with Paypal

• brought EVs to the masses and reshaped clean energy

• Single-handedly privatized the space industry, made reusable rockets, put cheap internet in the hands of every person

• preserved freedom of speech (and democracy?) by buying X

I’ll save you the full list, John Rush summarized it already:

It is surreal to read that a single person has accomplished all that in roughly 50 years. Most of it within the past 20.

Looking at it, I am fully convinced that the only important thing is being directionally correct. It doesn’t matter how you get there or how long it might take you, how many times you fail.

The only thing that matters is betting a future you think should be reality and forcing it into existence. Bending the universe to your will with a reality distortion field.

The end will justify the means.

The question is what which of the world’s most important issues will you choose to pursue? Which of them will you impact? Which of them will you help conquer?

The most inspiring thing about Elon to me is seeing how much momentum has played a role.

He has parlayed the winnings of each success into 10 more future successes. Compound interest really is the 8th wonder of the world.

Perhaps many of these problems could’ve been solved by other people, likely in other times down the road. And of course Elon has not done it all by himsefl.

But his ability to string together successes together has become almost a gravitational pull for more big, world-bending ideas to work their way into his orbit for him to make an impact.

I am grateful to live in a time like this, to witness a history like this.

It makes me wonder which historic figures have had comparable influences on their times. And if there will ever be another like it.

How can you not be romantic about entrepreneurship these days?

Whatever you’re doing, I hope the lesson you take away here is to take it and think just a little bit bigger.

Good luck out there amigos.

Peace,

Ramsey