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This is exactly how Elon Musk crushes competition.

His entire team including legal/hr/finance and not just engineering, has the culture of risk taking. Elon Musk is no genius, but his Material Science Engineering, risk taking and first-principle efficiency is unparalleled.

By focusing on Musk's shitty personality, his critics always gets wrong about why he can still be successful despite Musk being a douchebag



People equate likeability with how deserving someone is for their success, so they always say that Musk got lucky




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