Reengineering reinventing yourself after 50

Be better than before, than yesterday.

Two decades ago, Nonong Pedero (of Celeste Legaspi fame) posted this in newspaper columna dn called this reinventing

Today Elon Musk calls this recreate, restart, (reboot?(

We cant call ourselves retired, or done when we are 50.  The next 50 will be as productive or better depending on how you reset.   Make it better.   Stop defending what you have started because you will just get stuck up on where you were:

1.  What do you deeply care about?  What is your purpose?

2.  What does not make you sleepless at night?

3.  Where do you encounter most friction (or makes you most afraid)

If it does not fall under any of these categories, you are not reengineering yourself much

I think I will pursue other fields not finance or real estate anymore but in agriforestry or real estate (farm lots with agri forestry) or high value food production.   Or even food processing.  Then we go to the bottom of food security, and what ails the nation.  There is still much to be done

That means I have to work harder.   I need to make myself stronger and healthier.  Talk about dim and foggy eyes and HBP.  I will overcome this     

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Elon Musk failed 1000 times, and there were 3 times he cried

Be better than before, than yesterday...

Elon Musk who is now at odds with Pres Donald Trump (the latter threatening to deport him) heads X, Space X,  Neuralink, and Tesla and now the richest man on the planet.  Though he failed 1000 times, there were 3 events where he said he cried.

Nothing to be ashamed of because this is a reset  A reboot.  When there is all ready plenty of noise and the leader has lost clarity. This 3  events (SIP for Andrew Grove?) made all things clear later on:

1.  When he was kicked out of X com which later on became Paypal

2.  When both Tesla and space x nearly became bankrupt;

3.  After Dragon had a third successful launch

The reset and clarity that came in:

1.  For Xcom, choose your partner well and watch out signs for future coup de tat, and protect yourself

     From the $150 million he got from the X com acquisition by Ebay, he invested in space X and Tesla

     He discovered that business is not just about coding and software, there were other businesses as well

2.  He became more conservative and worked harder at Tesla and Space X when they nearly went bankfrupt.  He had to devote himself to just 3 things a day, and not micromanage the noise around

3.  The third was more frightening for him.  Because the successful launch was just the beginning and mean more challenges for Space X.  The challenge of Martian community is 1,000 times more challenging and difficult than the simple orbit launches they made.   Bigger challenges lay ahead  

For Elon, failures are challelnges and learning and they should make you better and stronger.