How to raise a genius and a billionaire: May Musk’s 5 tips

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Never give up

May Musk is a writer best known for the acclaimed book A Woman with a Plan: Rules for a Happy Life and a model that hundreds of publications still dream of getting on the cover of. Her life is like a fairy tale, but it wasn’t always like that. At 31, Mei left her abusive husband and was left as a single mother with three children. She recalls that difficult period from which she learned the lesson – never give up and show the children by example that hard work is one of the best qualities. May warns all working moms against guilt: “If you didn’t work and were depressed, your kids wouldn’t be fun either.” And she also advises from an early age to teach to help parents: all three children took part in her work. Elon, for example, helped to understand computer programs.

Let the child be independent

May emphasizes that she never treated her children like babies and always gave them independence in making decisions. She didn’t force them to choose school subjects and didn’t even check their homework, leaving it on their conscience (which did not prevent Musk from becoming the first person whose fortune exceeded $ 300 billion in 2021). She even allowed them to choose their own universities, apply for admission and student scholarships. In the family, everything was built on trust: “When you make sure that everything is in order with your children, let them take care of themselves.”

Support your children’s hobbies

When May is asked how she managed to raise successful children, she invariably replies that she simply let them do what they love. As a result, they found a calling to their liking: from launching rockets into space to their own film company. She recalls that her own parents raised her the same way. Therefore, for herself, she definitely decided – to support children when they need it, and give advice when they are asked. Since childhood, Elon began to show interest in books and at home he was called a walking encyclopedia, and at the age of 12 he got a computer on which he wrote the game. May insisted that he send her to PC Magazine, where the little genius was even paid a fee of $ 500: “I had no idea that he would continue to do this.”

Learn not to be afraid to take risks

A little-known fact, but Elon was born and raised in Africa, in Pretoria. Who knows how his life would have turned out if May Musk had not supported the initiatives of her children and had not decided to move to Canada. At that time, she already had a successful business, but her son believed that North America would open up completely new opportunities for him in the field of computer science. At the age of seventeen and with two thousand dollars in his pocket, Elon left to conquer Montreal, and after a couple of months the rest of the family joined him. “All I had to do was sign the papers and it was over. We left the country after a couple of weeks.”

Show life without embellishment

In her book, May shares with readers that she never hid the true state of affairs from her sons and daughter and was always extremely frank with them. Perhaps this allowed them to maintain trust and love for their mother throughout their lives. As Musk admits, she has always honestly shown her children how hard and hard it is to work to provide a family with housing and food. And if now Elon Musk and his relatives do not need money, then in childhood and adolescence the situation was different, and second-hand clothes were the norm: “If children are not accustomed to luxury, they know how to survive.”

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