Elon Musk – you don’t need an introduction to the man.
But you would be wrong to assume that someone handed over his current reputation and respect on a silver platter. He earned it himself. And he earned it at a time when the whole world was skeptical of his ambitious ideas.
When Elon Musk started his own aerospace company called ‘SpaceX’, it got a lot of flak from all over the world. People didn’t just ridicule, but heavily criticized his idea of commercialising space flight. His idea of manufacturing electric cars in his company ‘Tesla’ also received a similar reaction. But the worst part was when the people he looked up to didn’t show any faith in his work. A few failed landing attempts by SpaceX didn’t work in his favour and he suffered a nervous breakdown.
But, he didn’t give up. When asked why, he said, “I don’t EVER give up.”
Watch this moving compilation where Elon Musk almost breaks down while listening about the backlash his attempts had been getting, because the way he rose above it will definitely ignite that extinguished spark within you.