What Elon Musk’s Shattered Windshield Can Teach Us About Mindset

What Elon Musk’s Shattered Windshield Can Teach Us About Mindset
Like many entrepreneurs, Musk learns from mistakes. Loren Elliott/Getty Images
Barry Brownstein
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Last month CEO Elon Musk helped unveil Tesla’s new Cybertruck. The Cybertruck’s abstract design won’t work for those needing a large flatbed for hauling, but Tesla’s innovative project is moving the needle for weekend warriors. Already 200,000 Tesla fans have put down a deposit to reserve their truck for 2021 delivery.
If you’re hauling large payloads, durability is crucial. Musk boasted the “truck” was “bulletproof.” When Tesla’s chief designer Franz Von Holzhausen threw “a metal ball at one of its armored windows, audible surprise could be heard as the glass smashed—twice.”
Barry Brownstein
Barry Brownstein
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Barry Brownstein is professor emeritus of economics and leadership at the University of Baltimore. He is the author of “The Inner-Work of Leadership,” and his essays have appeared in publications such as the Foundation for Economic Education and Intellectual Takeout.
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