To Become Great, Embrace Your Flaws

When you accept who you are, you no longer waste your energy fitting in or trying to impress others

If you want to become great at what you do, it all starts with embracing your flaws. One of my favorite people to do that is Elon Musk. I never admired the guy for being so rich or famous.

And for the longest time, I didn’t think anything of him to be honest. I just couldn’t relate to him. But in recent years, he’s shown his human side.

When he was on the Joe Rogan podcast for the first time in 2018, he talked more about his challenges and what drives him. Every year since then, he seems more like a human and less like a cold businessman / inventor. And to top things off, he revealed on Saturday Night Live that he has Aspergers a while ago.

The way he announced it was great. Instead of saying it like it’s something negative, he actually celebrated the fact that he’s the first SNL host with Aspergers. He said: “I’m actually making history tonight as the first person with Aspergers to host SNL… Or at least, the first to admit it.”

He also joked about being an android who’s running software that resembles a human. And he even brought on his mom at the end of his monologue. How can you not like a guy who’s accepting…