There will be much of Elon Musk's form that will be used to try to put aside the basic ingredients for his success. We tend to do that when we are not willing or able to emulate these ingredients.

For those that are Never Good Enough disciples, do read this book. There is so much there that can make us very much more successful. The portion of the Algorithms is particularly eye opening.

He was hardwired for War.

He felt that all feedback was impersonal. You criticize the action and not the person. Physics does not care about hurt feelings. It cares if you got the rocket right. It got me thinking about those of us that fly. Do we want Boeing to engine performance second to someone getting hurt feelings?

He had a mania for requirement. Delete them. If you have not had to add after you deleted, you have not deleted enough. We do not like bureaucracy when we are the recipients but we add it when we are the deliverer?

He thinks that sending manufacturing abroad resulted in Americans losing the feel for improvements. Designing the factory that makes the products helps you understand and improve the product.

He shared with Jobs that design was the soul expressed in its outer layers, hence, what Apple give us in combining the engine with aesthetics.

I enjoyed this one. Optimism, Pessimism, ffff that. MAKE IT HAPPEN.

His and Jobs’ rough, demanding style separated the A players from the Fuzzy Thinkers. They did not belong together.

YOU CANNOT TELL PEOPLE TO GET THEIR SHIT TOGETHER AND THEN WHEN THEY DO NOT GET THEIR SHIT TOGETHER NOTHING HAPPENS...Without accountability, how do we move forward?

THE MISSION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN INDIVIDUAL SENSITIVITIES.

QUESTION EVERYTHING...

The book is long. Walter Isaacson creates a wonderful journey of learning how these unique individuals get so much done. They will not accept “no” for an answer. Only the rules of physics count, as the rest of the rules are suggestions.