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Isn't the general trend a reason to lie flat? Musk's experience shows that no matter what the circumstances
It's really hard to get through the iron shoes, and there is nowhere to find them." Excessive emphasis can lead to the opposite result. Today's economic situation has become the best reason for people to do nothing. Everyone's decision will change with the times. But this is not an uncontrollable fate, on the contrary, in some ways, changes in the general environment will inspire powerful forces to change their lives, and the weak can only conform to the herd. Musk, on the other hand, is a good example of how a powerful individual can control his own destiny and achieve victory in this world.
In the 80s of the 20th century, when other African colonial regimes won in South Africa, South Africa's policy of ethnic segregation was also opposed by the people, but its use of force to suppress it made the country's economic situation worse. In this way, South Africa, once considered an adventurer and entrepreneurial paradise, fell into chaos, and many upper-class whites sold their possessions and prepared to leave Africa, including the Musk family.
In fact, Musk doesn't care much about South Africa, the country that raised him. After all, the place he wanted to go to the most was the United States, far away from the ocean. When he was a child, Musk admired the life of Americans, and he once persuaded his father whether to pursue a free mind like Musk. However, the United States is not a very popular place for Musk. Musk chose a roundabout way, at that time, Canada allowed children to inherit their Canadian citizenship, and Musk's mother was a Canadian citizen herself, so he successfully got a pass to Canada.
When Musk arrived in Montreal, the first problem he faced was not how to establish himself in the United States, but how to survive, and he now had little cash on hand, so the wealthy young man experienced hunger for the first time. After going through so many things, Musk finally got rid of his comfort, and he finally realized that working hard to live is not just to look at the stars in the sky, but also to fill his wallet.
A middle-income otaku does not have any means of self-protection in social interaction at all, although Musk is very business-talented, but he also has a certain amount of capital, and now he is penniless, no matter how smart he is, it is in vain. Under the extreme hunger, Musk, who has social phobia, plucked up the courage to find his uncle, who had not been in contact for a long time, but he didn't even know the uncle's address, until Musk found his mother, and he didn't know that the uncle had already moved to Minnesota, USA.
Musk is really isolated now, and he can't afford an average hotel, so he chose the cheapest youth hostel. Musk tried to contact relatives all over Canada, but was beaten everywhere, so Musk immediately went to get a domestic ticket and asked for help everywhere like a homeless. In the end, Musk still said hello to a cousin, but the cousin's attitude was quite cold, as if he was giving a meal. Since he was a child, Musk has never experienced anything like this, but he has not pressed his pride and dreams in his stomach like those rich second generations.
This experience made Musk understand what the so-called "self-esteem" is, what "ideals", what "self-esteem" and the like are about to be shattered by him, but it is precisely because of this that Musk is more determined to be a perfectionist and must solve his stomach problems.
Musk, who has not done any manual labor, helps out in his cousin's farm, cleaning the fields and taking care of the crops every day, which is a very dishonorable thing, but at least it does not make people feel hard. But what happened next made him completely desperate - cleaning the boiler. After barely any work in the farmland, Musk had to take on the heavy work, he had to put on a thick protective suit every day, as if he would fall to the ground in one breath, carrying a large rusty shovel in his hand, and one wrong step would fall into that narrow tunnel. What's worse is that if you stay in one place for thirty minutes, you will feel unbearable heat. What's even more ridiculous is that such a tiring and dangerous job only got 18 yuan.
Although many people feel that Musk is not suitable for this job, in fact, Musk's adventurous spirit has returned, he has forgotten the meager salary, and he has forgotten the dangerous job, so Musk became one of the five employees.
A successful person does not have to stand out in his profession, what he has to do is to dare to do those impossible things, which has nothing to do with personal strength, what is needed is perseverance, faith, perseverance and perseverance, and Musk is relying on a large patch of ashes to prove his talent.
The meager salary makes Musk starve every day, unable to even make normal grains, and occasionally needs to buy some rotten oranges to fill his stomach. Afterwards, he recalled those days of poverty and will never forget them. If you think about it, if you hadn't experienced all this personally, Musk would probably have been scared away by SpaceX's first launch, after all, those who are pampered can't withstand any blows.
For Musk, he is like a contemporary Robinson who came to North America by chance. In this place, he has no backstage, no ability, and everything has to start all over again. He's not much of a protagonist either, and when his dad finds out about his predicament, he doesn't call him for a single point, just sends him to South Africa coldly. But Musk didn't say yes, because his mind is now full of one idea, that is, to study in the United States.
What happened after Musk is already a well-known thing, so I won't go into details.