일론 머스크(Elon Musk)의 명언 30가지

다음은 일론 머스크(Elon Musk)의 명언 30가지입니다. 그의 혁신적인 사고방식과 도전 정신을 엿볼 수 있는 말들입니다.

1. "When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
(무엇인가가 정말 중요하다면, 가능성이 낮더라도 그것을 해야 한다.)

2. "Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."
(실패는 선택사항이다. 실패가 없다면 충분히 혁신하지 않고 있는 것이다.)

3. "Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."
(끈기는 매우 중요하다. 어쩔 수 없는 상황이 아니라면 절대 포기하지 말아야 한다.)

4. "Great companies are built on great products."
(훌륭한 회사는 훌륭한 제품을 기반으로 세워진다.)

5. "Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."
(어떤 사람들은 변화를 싫어하지만, 변화하지 않으면 재앙이 기다리고 있다면 변화를 받아들여야 한다.)

6 "If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion."
(회사를 만든다는 것은 케이크를 굽는 것과 같다. 모든 재료가 적절한 비율로 있어야 한다.)

7. "I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
(평범한 사람들이 비범해질 수 있다고 생각한다.)

8. "What makes innovative thinking happen? I think it’s really a mindset. You have to decide."
(혁신적인 사고는 어떻게 이루어지는가? 그것은 마인드셋에서 비롯된다고 생각한다. 선택이 필요하다.)

9. "I could either watch it happen or be a part of it."
(그 일이 일어나는 것을 보기만 할 수도 있고, 그 과정에 참여할 수도 있다.)

10. "You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve."
(해결한 문제의 난이도에 비례해 보상을 받는다.)

 

11. "Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. This improves the odds of success."
(정말 열심히 일하라. 매주 80~100시간을 일해야 한다. 성공 가능성을 높여준다.)

12. "The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur."
(무언가가 가능하다는 것을 입증하는 것이 첫 단계다. 그 다음에 가능성이 실현된다.)

13. "If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not."
(아침에 일어나서 미래가 더 나아질 것이라고 생각하면 밝은 하루가 된다. 그렇지 않다면 그렇지 않을 것이다.)

14. "Life is too short for long-term grudges."
(인생은 오래 원한을 품기엔 너무 짧다.)

15. "I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side."
(항상 염두에 둬야 할 것은 엔트로피가 당신 편이 아니라는 것이다.)

16. "I’d like to die on Mars. Just not on impact."
(나는 화성에서 죽고 싶다. 충돌로 죽는 것은 말고.)

17. "Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time."
(브랜드는 단지 인식일 뿐이고, 시간이 지나면 인식은 현실과 일치하게 된다.)

18. "Constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself."
(계속해서 자신이 더 나은 방식으로 무언가를 할 수 있는지, 자신에게 질문하라.)

19. "You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it."
(가장 좋은 것을 만들기 위해 철저해야 한다. 모든 문제점을 찾아내서 고쳐라.)

20. "The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design."
(CEO로 가는 길은 CFO나 마케팅 부서를 통해서가 아니라, 엔지니어링과 디자인을 통해야 한다.)

 

21. "I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better."
(피드백 루프를 갖는 것이 매우 중요하다. 자신이 한 일과 더 잘할 수 있는 방법을 끊임없이 생각하라.)

22. "I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company."
(회사를 팔 계획을 세우는 것은 좋은 생각이 아니라고 본다.)

23. "It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."
(한 바구니에 모든 달걀을 담아도 괜찮다. 그 바구니를 통제할 수 있다면.)

24. "Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson."
(인내심은 미덕이다. 나는 인내심을 배우는 중이다. 어려운 교훈이다.)

25. "Starting a company is like eating glass and staring into the abyss."
(회사를 시작하는 것은 유리 조각을 씹으면서 심연을 응시하는 것과 같다.)

26. "Any product that needs a manual to work is broken."
(사용 설명서가 필요한 제품은 고장난 제품이다.)

27. "People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."
(사람들은 자신이 열정을 느끼는 일을 추구해야 한다. 그것이 그들을 가장 행복하게 만든다.)

28. "I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."
(평범한 사람들이 비범해지는 것을 선택할 수 있다고 생각한다.)

29. "I think it is possible to over-optimize for success."
(성공을 위해 지나치게 최적화하는 것도 가능하다고 생각한다.)

30. "Don't confuse schooling with education. I didn’t go to Harvard but the people that work for me did."
(학교 교육과 교육을 혼동하지 마라. 나는 하버드에 가지 않았지만, 내 직원들은 하버드를 졸업했다.)