“Try to be useful, to your fellow human beings, to the world. Are you contributing more than you consume?” Don’t chase money directly. Chase being useful. Money comes as a consequence.” “Try to do something useful, something that benefits your fellow humans and the world. Always ask yourself: Are you contributing more than you’re consuming? Strive to make a positive impact on society.” Advice from Musk to young people. This aligns with his first principles: Don’t talk about making money. Don’t talk about starting a business. Start from individual needs and contributions. This also explains why he’s done so many things, and why most of them have been so successful. Tesla: Solving the problem of sustainable energy with renewable energy. SpaceX: Keeping the spark of human civilization alive. Neuralink: Bridging the gap in human cognitive limitations. AI initiatives: Accelerating human civilization’s evolution while ensuring its safety. He always starts from a place of contribution, not from a place of taking. His life operates at the highest level: First, benefit others. He became worth $1 trillion because he did these things, not because he set out to make $1 trillion. Helping others is the cause. Self-benefit is just the eventual result.