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While it's fair to point out so many of the similarities between the people at the top and the bottom ... there are also differences. Notably, Musk is an outlier in many ways. The vast, vast majority of CEO's are highly conscientious at least in civil terms. They are 'restrained' if anything.


Again, even if they have some qualities that make them different in order to achieve big things, I would expect a Gauss curve to represent most traits distribution at the top like at the bottom. While most people show restrain, a few will be exhuberant, no matter the sample.


'Restraint' is just something that separates Musk from regular CEO's.

Most CEO's absolutely stand out otherwise.

Here is John Chambers on Charlie Rose [1]

Jean Liu [2]

Just from those conversations you can see how way out from the norm they are.

[1] https://charlierose.com/videos/27937

[2] https://charlierose.com/videos/31044




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