4. What really scares them is failing to try
“Originals feel fear too,” Mr. Grant said. “They’re afraid of failing, but what sets them apart form the rest of us is that they’re more afraid of failing to try. They know you can fail by starting a business that goes bankrupt or by failing to start a business at all.” He added that Elon Musk recently told him he was sure SpaceX would fail to make it to orbit let alone get back, but it was too important not to try. “If you look across fields, the greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they’re the ones who try the most,” Mr. Grant said.