8月22日，SpaceX公司在德克萨斯州上空测试的火箭在空中以燃烧成火球告终，但这并不妨碍人们对该公司CEO埃隆.马斯克（Elon Musk）的仰慕和敬意，因为这次测试意味着人类在通向火星的征程上又迈出了一小步。
埃隆.马斯克是横跨多领域的杰出企业家，被誉为“跨界天才”，也是电影《钢铁侠》的创作原型。他先后创立的4家公司：Paypal（贝宝）, SpaceX, Tesla（特斯拉）, SolarCity，无一不是行业翘楚，并将对世界产生深远影响。他被认为是乔布斯之后的下一位创新领袖。
今天，Will为大家精选了埃隆.马斯克的15句经典语录，咱们一起看看这位奇才的思维方式和其他人有什么不同：
1.I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
我认为平凡人也能选择做到不平凡。
2.I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.
我不会只满足于做一个旁观者，我要置身其中，参与改变。
3.I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
我觉得最具价值的一条建议是：经常思考你能否把事情做得更好，不断自我反省。
4.When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
大学时代，我就希望参与做那些可以改变世界的事情。
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5.When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
当一件事情足够重要时，即便缺乏胜算，你也要去做。
6.It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
只要你能小心照看好你的篮子，把所有的鸡蛋放进去也未尝不可。
7.Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
有些人不喜欢变革，但如果不这么做的后果是灾难性的，你应当拥抱变革。
8.I was born in Africa. I came to California because it’s really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don’t see a viable competitor.
我出生于非洲。我之所以来加州，是因为在这里，新技术可以得到推广应用，而且，这里没有具有威胁性的竞争对手。
9.People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.
当人们清楚目标是什么，以及为什么要达成这个目标时，他们的工作会卓有成效。每天早上，人们应该期待着上班，享受工作，这一点很重要。
10.When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.
当年亨利福特生产出便宜、可靠的汽车时，人们说：“不是吧？马车不也跑得挺好嘛？”福特把宝押在汽车上，他最终获得了成功。
11.The Tesla Roadster… it’s a two-seater sports car, very high performance…In fact, it’s beat any Ferrari or Aston Martin in acceleration. And it has more than twice the energy efficiency of a Prius.
特斯拉的Roadster…这是一款双座电动跑车，性能卓越，实际上，它的加速能力超过任何一辆法拉利或是阿斯顿.马丁。而它的节能性是普锐斯的两倍。
12.I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I’ve got kids and responsibilities, so I can’t be my own test pilot. That wouldn’t be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it’s a sensible thing to do.
我想在太空飞行，绝对的！那会是相当酷。我自己过去经常做一些冒险的事情，但是我现在有了孩子和家庭责任，因此我没法拿自己去冒风险了。那样做不明智。但是只要太空飞行变得切实可行，我一定会去尝试。
13.If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
如果人类不能在我有生之年登陆火星，我将会非常失望。
14.I wouldn’t say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I’d like my fear emotion to be less because it’s very distracting and fries my nervous system.
我不会说我毫无畏惧。事实上，我希望我的恐惧感可以少一些，因为恐惧会让人无法集中精力，并且会彻底扰乱我的神经系统。
15.I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
人应当怀有一颗善心，我觉得这点至关重要。