We all know how important is to have a dream in achieving anything in our lives. But what if your idea is dubbed as “impracticable”, “useless” or even “foolish”?

Sounds demotivating right?

This is what Elon musk and his team were going through when SpaceX had repeated failed launches.

The first SpaceX launch in 2006 failed just 33 seconds after lift-off reducing into ashes, its repeated failures in 2007 and 2008 even made it vulnerable to criticism.

But Elon kept learning something new from every failure and moved on with the next launch

This attitude motivates me as an aspiring entrepreneur, even as humans when we go through any difficult phase in our life, we must be strong enough to face our shortcomings and pay no attention to criticism

To add on, Growth is when you realise when you consider those your heroes when you grow up, consider as your competitors.

A comparable situation was faced by SpaceX when veteran astronauts like Neil Armstrong testified against the trend of commercialisation of space that SpaceX was leading.

But Elon proved them wrong by making SpaceX the most successful space start-up by bagging orders worth billions of dollars from NASA, the very same company which was reluctant to collaborate.

Therefore, to conclude, SpaceX has taught me to stay brave and focused in tough circumstances, to learn from failures and stay away from criticism even if they are from your heroes.