For all of us running around in the stores searching for read price tags. Here is a motivating story about
Elon Musk - founder of PayPal. Elon Musk left home (South Africa) at the age of 17, this in order to avoid being drafted by the military - ("Who wants to serve in a fascist army?"). He came to the US and worked his way through the university system, ending up at
Wharton. After a couple of years he came back to school, this time
Stanford University.Elon Musk dropped out (comforting for many people out there...) and founded PayPal. In 2002 PayPal was sold for $ 1,5 billion. So what does Elon Musk invest his time and energy in today? He is talking expansively about saving the planet - how?
His car is faster than a Ferrari, his electrical car....
- Transform the Internet. Founded PayPal and influenced the way people perform transactions on the Internet.
- Make a breakthrough in clean energy. Mr Musk have founded Tesla Motors. This electric car is now faster than Ferrari more environmentally friendly than a Toyota Prius and can travel 250 miles after being charged overnight through an ordinary household socket.
- Propel mankind towards inter-planetary travel. Mr Musk have founded Spacex, a rocket manufacturing company. This is the first rocket designed, developed and financed by the private sector. So now Mr Musk is breaking space oligopoly! Go ahead look at the launch video, it won't hurt you!
Do you feel like getting back to work and set some modest goals?...
