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The Mindvalley Podcast

Winners Are Not Realistic with Vishen Lakhiani

The Mindvalley Podcast

Mindvalley

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Can you think of problems that are worth solving?

What do Walt Disney, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and so many other brilliant visionaries have in common? They dream of solutions to problems that are worth solving and they’ve managed to rally amazing talent to their cause. Their cases aren’t unique. You can apply it to your life too!

Listen out for:

  • How Space X differs from other companies like them
  • Why it’s important to dream big as an entrepreneur
  • Why realism will set you back

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I am Vichin Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.

0:05.2

You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers and

0:09.2

thought leaders on the planet to discuss the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for mind, body, spirit, and work.

0:17.0

I was once on the board at the X Prize Foundation and we got to go to SpaceX.

0:23.8

We got to actually sit down with Musk, ask him a couple of questions and it is amazing how big this guy thinks.

0:29.0

Now, this is what I noticed about Musk, right?

0:32.0

He said, when we asked him,

0:33.7

so what's the grand vision here for SpaceX?

0:36.1

Now think about this.

0:37.4

SpaceX is nothing more than a vertical trucking company.

0:42.1

Horizontal trucks move goods this way.

0:44.0

SpaceX moves goods this way.

0:46.0

It's basically taking parts to the International Space Station.

0:49.0

There are 19 other companies at least that do the same thing.

0:52.0

But in a survey of employees in Silicon Valley,

0:55.8

the number one place for engineers to work is SpaceX.

0:59.2

Because Elon Musk doesn't talk about it like it's a trucking company.

1:03.8

He talks about it 10 years in the future.

1:05.7

I remember that day right here meeting Musk.

1:07.8

This was around five years ago.

1:09.6

He described how all his companies connected from SpaceX to Tesla to solar city and he spoke about this.

1:15.8

He said, look at SpaceX we're looking to back up the human race.

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