1. Believe you can do it.
2. Face public ridicule.
3. Convince others.
4. Raise funds.
5. Face government bureaucracy.
6. Deal with failures.
Citing TED.com:
- The talk. "Peter Diamandis says it's our moral imperative to keep exploring space - and he talks about how, with the X Prize and other incentives, we're going to do just that."
- The speaker. "Peter Diamandis is the founder of the X Prize Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is simply 'to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity.' By offering a big cash prize for a specific accomplishment, the X Prize stimulates competition and excitement around some of the planet's most important goals."
TED Oxford 2005, Peter Diamandis. View the talk!
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