At the state banquet, Musk sat there all by himself the entire time, quietly eating his own food and drinking his own drinks, never once standing up, never going to toast any of the leaders.
Some say he doesn’t understand social graces, that he’s arrogant and rude. But that’s not the case. Musk just isn’t good at socializing, so he disdains playing the game of social niceties, which allows him to pour all his time and energy into his own career and expertise—that’s how he’s achieved what he has, and that’s why he’s so successful.
It’s precisely a system like America’s that provides fertile ground for independent individuals to have the freedom to develop their careers as they please. In any other responsible major power, if you don’t read people’s faces, don’t play the social game, don’t bow and scrape to leaders, don’t proactively step forward to toast them—would you succeed? Any random underling could take you down.
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