“Starting a company is like eating glass and staring into the abyss, if you are ready for that then start a company”
Know about Elon Musk:
Elon Musk started Zip2 with money from his father before he found PayPal. PayPal was eventually acquired by PayPal was acquired by eBay for US$1.5 billion in stock, of which US$165 million was given to Musk. Elon Musk used the proceeds from the sale of PayPal and started Tesla, Space X, and Solar City.
There is probably no other Billionaire whose vision and mission is about securing the future of humanity.
Elon Musk after selling his previous company PayPal for 300 million dollars invested all of it into three companies which aim to save humanity. His ultimate goals include reducing global warming through sustainable energy production and consumption; as well as reducing the chance of human extinction by setting up a human colony on Mars. The three companies he invested post selling PayPal was Tesla, Space X & Solar-city. Preceding the success of these companies were breaking point situations which were turned around.
“We are running the most dangerous experiment in history, to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe”
Tesla Motors
Through Tesla motors, Elon Musk envisions the world where electric cars could be made affordable to the average customer. Through this, he intends to reduce the carbon footprint of the human race and save the world from the catastrophic effects of Global warming. Tesla Motors designs, manufactures, and sells luxury electric cars, electric vehiclepowertrain components, and battery products. Tesla was on the verge of bankruptcy during the time of Global Financial crisis until Musk himself pulled the act together and made its first profits in 2013 before listing it on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
“If something is important enough, you should try, even if the probable outcome is failure”
Space X
American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company started with the goal of creating the technologies to reduce space transportation costs and enable the colonization of Mars. Space X had to endure multiple failures’s during launches before its first success. Today Space X launches satellite’s of NASA and other government entities into space. Space X becomes the first private player in the history of mankind to launch satellite’s into space.
Global Warming has taken the world closer to a point of no return, the Doomsday clock has predicted that the world is ever closer to a major catastrophe or destruction. Odds are against humanity in its quest for a sustained survival, Elon Musk seeks to increase that odds for survival single-handedly.
Women empowerment is one of the most important words of the present times. It is not a mere phrase but it rather represents a movement, which has been pending for the longest time. However, many have a misconception that educating women, “letting” them work, etc. is all that women empowerment is all about. However, the concept of women empowerment is more of an umbrella term. It intends to involve society as a whole, including men.
We always encourage and applaud a woman who successfully balances both work life and her household. But won’t it be easy for that woman if the load of the work is shared? We see that in our society a woman’s primary role is seen as that of a homemaker. At the same time, her personal likes, aspirations, and dreams are forced to be put on the backburner because of the undue expectation that she has to single handedly manage the household while balancing her career. To give credit where it is due, the times are changing. Men and women of the house are increasingly sharing the workload. However, one can also not turn a blind to the fact that a lot more still needs to be done.
Driving home the same concept, popular brand Ariel has come up with brilliant communication.
The video shows a mother speaking to her married daughter over the phone, all whilst cleaning the mess her son has created. She is absolutely heartbroken when her daughter says that she plans to quit her job since juggling both a demanding job and her household has become too overwhelming. It is during this time that she realises that while she and her husband as parents left no stone unturned to give an all-round upbringing to their daughter, they somewhere forgot to teach their son some basic life skills like cooking and doing laundry so that they grow out to be equally responsible in doing household chores. This is not a story of just one family, but of families across the country. These are some things which everyone must know, not for any other reason, but simply because these are basic tasks which are absolutely essential to survive. And, they make you capable to be equal partners tomorrow!
As Ariel raises an important question-is household work only a woman’s job? We need to ask ourselves the same question. A recent study revealed that the unpaid work done by women around the world amounted to 43 times the annual turnover of Apple Inc. It is high time we share the load and change the narrative that household work is the “duty” of a woman. As the video shows, contributing to the household work is not only a daughter’s work, but the son must contribute his bit too. It is also important for the parents to instil a sense of responsibility in their children, irrespective of their gender so that at any juncture of their lives, they are not completely dependent on another person for basic tasks like these. Ariel has been consistently driving this message and addressing the inequality within households since 2015. The Logical Indian applauds Ariel for coming up with such a brilliant video for depicting such an important concept.
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