CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS January 5, 2014 15:50:00
Have you tried. >> you think people are too risk averse to really try? >> they dont send their mind in that direction, which i find strange. literally the first order of business is to try. >> do you find when you hire people, you are looking for people who have that mindset who are willing to try stuff? >> yeah. what we look for at spacex is evidence of exceptional ability. >> defined how? by grades? >> right. grades is a fairly obvious way but very often its not the person with the good grades...
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