Eric Jorgensen

Today's guest, Eric Jorgensen, wrote a book called The Book of Elon.

This conversation today covers why Elon Musk doesn't just accept fears, he moves through them.

Why he doesn't just build systems, but he deletes things entirely to find the one thing that matters.

We're going to steal his homework today.

What does it take to become a billionaire and an icon?

Can you talk to me about the idiot index from Elon Musk, what it is and how it makes him more money?

So your latest book, Book of Elon, all about Elon Musk and what you can learn from him.

Naval Ravikant, I think famously said, it's the only book an entrepreneur ever needs to read.

So I think the big obvious first question is, what is the biggest lesson you've learned from Elon Musk that if somebody is young and hungry, they should take away today?

Yeah.

Is there like one story from Elon that really makes you think about how unreasonable he is?

What do you think Elon Musk would say about the stakes?

Yeah, I do love the visual that he has of his very first, I think it's like the Falcon.

The Raptor engine.

Then to where it is today, we can show it like on the screen here and how all of that complexity boils down to beautiful simplicity at the end.

Does he ever talk about being scared and fear?

Like does Elon Musk get scared or what would he tell you if you were fearful of taking a big jump?

Yeah.

Sort of interesting because these days it feels like Elon is polarizing.

Like I see it in our content when we talk about it online.