Elon Musk: Do It in Spite of Fear—That’s What Courage Really Means

Elon Musk: It's normal to feel fear, but if something's important, you should do it in spite of fear.

“I feel fear quite strongly. It's not as though I just have the absence of fear. But there are just times when something is important enough, you believe in it enough, that you do it in spite of fear.

People shouldn't think, I feel fear about this, and therefore I shouldn't do it. It's normal to feel fear.

You'd have to definitely have something mentally wrong if you didn't feel fear.”

Y Combinator, September 2016