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Bros, $Tesla(TSLA.US) is still falling so much today! $NVIDIA(NVDA.US) is going strong, and $Apple Inc.(AAPL.US) has stabilized at 55. I made a quick short-term trade and gained a bit, but I'm bagholding $AMD(AMD.US) again. All in all, watch the show tonight!

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🎯 Worth pondering for everyone 👇 Elon Musk just explained why the best engineers on Earth will never answer your call. Three reasons. Most companies fail at all three. Elon Musk: "Be clear about what your mission is, what problem are we trying to solve? And make it clear that you're willing to put in a lot of blood, sweat, and tears for it." The top 1% of talent doesn't care about your office, your perks, your free lunch, your branded hoodies. They only care about one thing. Does this matter? If the answer takes more than one sentence to explain, they're already gone. Musk breaks motivation down into three layers. The first layer is the work itself. Musk: "Somebody has to look forward to coming to work in the morning. Do they actually enjoy the work itself?" Not the salary, not the title, but the work itself. Solving problems most people can't even describe correctly. Working with people who make you better just by being around them. If Monday morning feels like a death sentence, no salary commute will help. The best people will leave. Not eventually, but within months. The second point is money. Musk said: "They also feel like they're going to be compensated fairly economically. They want the economic rewards to be good and fair." Not charity. Not below-market equity that's at risk of leaving in four years. Fair. One word. Most companies still can't do it. Engineers who truly know their value don't negotiate. They compare. When the gap is big enough, they vanish. No conversation. No chance to counter. A two-week notice on a Friday afternoon. You can't cap the potential of someone at that level. You should match their potential. Otherwise, you're hiring again in six months. The third point is what separates truly great companies from mediocre ones. Musk: "For the best people in the world, they want to know: does what they're doing matter? If they put ten years into it, will it have an impact on the world?" Ten years. The best engineers on Earth are running a calculation that a recruiter can't do on a spreadsheet. If I give ten years of my life to this company, will the world be different because of my contribution? If the answer is no, they won't join. No signing bonus changes that. No recruiter pitch changes that. No equity grant covers it up. The company's mission must be real. And, the leader must bleed for it. Musk: "Make it clear you're willing to put in blood, sweat, and tears." Talent watches the founder before they read the offer letter. If the company's leader is just coasting, thinking about an exit, playing it safe, the best talent feels it before the first interview ends. They don't want a manager. They want the person who's all in, even if they had to do it again tomorrow. Most companies post job descriptions. The ones that actually get top talent offer something a job ad can't cover. The work itself has to be the reward. The pay has to be fair. And the mission has to be worthy of a decade of someone's life. Miss once, and your most needed talent might not even open your email.