Elon Musk Literature Review

Literature Review

1) Biography.com Editors, Elon Musk Biography
Elon Musk was Born and raised in South Africa in 1971.At the age of 10 he taught himself how to program. When he was 12 he made his first sale of a game he made called Blastar. At age 17, in 1989, he moved to Canada to attend Queen’s University, but he left in 1992 to study a double degree of business and physics at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with an undergraduate degree in economics and stayed for a second bachelor’s degree in physics. After leaving University of Pennsylvania, Elon Musk headed to Stanford University in California to pursue a Ph.D. in energy physics. He became a multimillionaire in his late 20s when he sold his start-up company, Zip2, to a division

Limitations: only provides background information on elon musk and what he has achieved but not how he went about achieving those things.

2) Mathew (2013), 9 Things to Learn From Elon Musk
Elon musk is a very hard worker that can be dubbed the name workaholic for working over a 100 hours a week and sets the standard for his companies employees. He is always trying to fix real world problems that can change humanity for the better and has identified key areas such internet, clean energy and space to make a difference in.He is always keen to learn and taught himself lots of things such as physics and rocket science to gain knowledge and understands concepts. He had become very fond of books when he was younger as he was bullied at school and from these books it obviously played a major role in his decision to create companies that will have a positive effect on the world. He never compensates on his vision and this shows that you should take risks when you really like what you do. He is constantly looking for feedback and does a lot of self-reflection. He is the type of person to go out of his way and find his critics and speak with them. The Self-reflection habit is a crucial part for an entrepreneur and has helped elon musk towards his success massively. His goal setting skills are amazing and he puts his everything into achieving those goals. He is extremely motivated and driven with a never say die attitude and fights to the end for anything he believes