Tesla company founder Elon Musk is known as the "second Jobs ", " Silicon Valley Iron Man", rocket building, immigration Mars , Starlink plan... He is simply an absolute technological genius.
Behind every successful man is an excellent woman. For Elon Musk, the reason why he achieved such extraordinary results is inseparable from the support of his mother - Meyer Musk .
She first appeared on stage at the age of 15, got married at the age of 22, obtained two master's degrees in at the age of 31, and also cultivated three outstanding children. She returned to the runway to become a supermodel at the age of 60, and appeared on the four billboards of New York Times Square at the age of 69, and was still active in major show and stage at the age of 72.
She is not only an excellent mother who has cultivated three billionaires, but also an independent and brave and rebellious woman. She also once struggled in pain in the endless darkness, and through hard work day after day, she finally created her own light.
Today I will take you to review the legendary life of this hardcore mother and see how she burned her way through the desperate situation and became an inspirational idol in the eyes of many women.
Life creed: Always "adventurous" and "cautious"
Meyer Musk was born in a warm and loving family in Italy. When she was a teenager, her parents often drove a plane to take several children from the family through the desert to explore.
And Meyer Musk was influenced by his parents and had a spirit of adventure since childhood, guiding her to break the rules and live out her own life bravely.
One day, the parents took their children to explore on a plane. They flew over South Africa and were deeply attracted after seeing the scenery under the clouds. After returning home, they immediately decided to settle in Africa.
At this time, 2-year-old Meyer Musk moved to South Africa with his parents and family. No one would have thought that this would have a great impact on Meyer Musk's future birth.
Myer Musk was very beautiful when he was young, with a prominent figure and appearance. He joined a modeling company at the age of 15, participated in the Miss South Africa beauty pageant at the age of 21, and won the beauty pageant championship with his excellent conditions.
Meyer Musk's career has just improved a little, and his future is bright, but at the age of 22, he agreed to his high school classmate Erol Musk's proposal.
Women have always been full of expectations for marriage. Meyer Musk felt that meeting Errol was a destined fate by God. He thought that he would have a happy marriage in the future, but he didn't know that this was the beginning of her nightmare in life.
After getting married, Meier gave up her career, and she only had a family and husband in life, but her husband changed his past obedience and sweet words, and frowned at Meier Musk, and often insulted her with various dirty words.
When Mayer was pregnant with her eldest son at the age of 22, she was forced to give up her work and rest at home, but her husband was not sympathetic at all. Even if she was big, she had to do physical work. She beat Mayer from time to time, not allowed to interact with friends, nor allowed her to contact her family.
Meyer is covered in scars every day, and is in a state of fear. He wants to ask for help but don’t know who he can look for.
If Meyer resists a little, he will be beaten even harder. Her husband even threatened her: if she dares to divorce, she will hurt her and her children.
At that time, the laws of South Africa also stood on the male side, believing that it is common for men to commit domestic violence against women and do not bear legal responsibility.
Without the law to support Meyer, Meyer gave birth to three children for her husband while enduring her husband's insults and beatings for nine years.
Three children are almost the only hope and light in Meyer's dark life. Looking at their angel-like faces, they can persevere even if they suffer.
Meyer originally thought that the birth of the child would change her husband, but she became naive again. Her husband didn't care about the three children at all, and even fought harder at her. Every scar on her body reminded her that the man in front of her was simply a demon from hell.
Until 6 years later, things finally turned around. South Africa revised its laws and introduced a policy to be divorced, and Meyer finally ushered in a new life.
31-year-old Meyer filed a divorce with her husband. At first, her husband did not agree, but with the support of the law, Meyer hired a lawyer to win the lawsuit and finally got rid of her husband's control legally.
She said: "No matter what, you have to leave the person who hurts you. Once you decide to leave, you will immediately feel that the dark clouds have disappeared and the moon is bright."
In order to get rid of this nightmare marriage, it doesn't matter even if you leave the house with nothing. Mayer finally left her husband with three children.
The only one who can change the status quo is himself
"You must go out, bear all the consequences, and be responsible for yourself. Believe me, you will survive."
After the divorce, Meyer fell from a rich wife to the bottom of society.
There are no mansion yachts, private jets and jewelry, only three children and a house with extremely small space left to Meyer.
Although she is now penniless, she does not feel regretful at all when she looks at the three cute children beside her. Instead, she is more determined to believe that her decision to divorce is extremely correct.
Becoming a single mother who raises three children is not easy for Meyer, and the burden of life is all over her.
Meyer later recalled in an interview that he once said, "I had to try my best to pay the rent, provide the children with shelter from the wind and rain, and let them eat full."
She moved to Toronto with her three children alone, living in a very small house. Because the space is very small, Meyer lets the children sleep in the bedroom, while she can only sleep in the living room or the kitchen. In order to make money to raise the children, she has to do five odd jobs every day.
Life was once very difficult, and I often had to eat but not have the next meal. Mayer always had to worry about the cost of living. But in this case, she will still meet the child's requirements. The eldest son is very interested in computers and hopes to have a computer. Mayer immediately agreed after hearing this, because in her educational concept, the child's interest is the most important.
Women are weak, but they are strong as mothers. Even though she lives in poverty, she did not surrender. Faced with repeated setbacks, she took brave steps forward and constantly changed herself.
Myer, who is full of adventurous spirit and likes to explore the unknown, chose to set out again. In order to improve herself, she signed up for the nutritionist training and usually works as a model part-time.
At that time, nutritionists were very popular in South Africa, and Meyer immediately took the nutritionist qualification certificate. Despite the huge pressure of life and having to raise three children while working, she was able to squeeze out time to pursue a master's degree in nutrition in .
She still has to run around in her spare time to take care of her children and go to the hospital to visit the doctor. With her efforts, the doctor began to introduce her to patients who were consulted for nutrition, gradually gained some income, and the family's financial situation began to improve.
That's it. Mayer's main business is nutrition consulting, his side job is a part-time model, and he has to go to study for a master's degree at night.Although life is poor and busy, Meyer feels extremely at ease because this is much better than living every day in beatings and insults and quarrels.
In the first 10 years after the divorce, Meyer's ex-husband always pestered her and refused to give in. In order to fight for custody of the child, Meyer repeatedly sued in the name of "poverty and inability to raise children."
In this 10-year lawsuit, the ex-husband repeatedly disturbed Meyer's new life, but Meyer will no longer be as cowardly as before. Faced with being slandered and intimidated, she still did not retreat, preparing documents and going to the court again and again. In order to cope with the ex-husband’s lawsuit, Mayer spent almost all his savings.
At this point, she finally bravely ended the marriage with her own hands and ended this 9-year nightmare. She was not imprisoned by this failed marriage, and decisive departure was the beginning of her rebirth.
She reflected on her past self, "I spent too long doing unnecessary waiting, waiting for that person to change, or that bad relationship to change, but in the end I found that only myself could change."
Although Meyer was in the bottomless abyss, she tried hard to break free from the quagmire and bravely fought for freedom.
"A woman is weak, but she is strong for her mother"
"Many people ask me, why am I always full of energy? My answer is, I want to survive." Mayer once said.
With Mayer's efforts, she has her own career and opened a nutrition consulting company.
The three children gradually grew up under the care of Meyer. At this moment, Meyer ushered in a turning point in his life.
html After graduating from high school, Elon Musk, the eldest son of 117, expressed his wish to go to Canada to study. Meyer Meyer was very supportive of his son's idea and took his three children to Canada without saying a word.
After a long journey, Mayer took his family back to Canada this time, back to his hometown where he had been away for a long time.
Life in Canada is not smooth sailing, everything has to start from scratch. After all, South Africa is different from Canada, Meyer has to adapt to a new life again.
The family of four lives in a crowded apartment. The first thing Meyer does when he opens his eyes every day is to worry about money. Not only does he have to pay the rent, but also the high tuition fees of the children, which both troubles Meyer.
Of course, I can't get to Meyer, she works everywhere to make money. Through introductions by others, she has embarked on the road of modeling again. Although her income is not as high as that of young people, it is the best result for her now.
Meier also did not forget to learn nutrition while working as a part-time model. Since Canada does not recognize the nutritionist qualifications in South Africa, she began to re-examine. Amazingly, Meyer successfully obtained a second master's degree in nutrition through his persistence and also obtained a Canadian nutritionist license.
Mayer runs around for the sake of his livelihood. On a blizzard day, Mayer had transferred to the bus and subway four times on a bus and two times on a blizzard day, and finally walked a distance in the snow before reaching the studio.
Happy thing is that Meyer's three children are very sensible. The three of them take care of all the big and small things at home, help and take care of each other, and never need to worry about their mothers. They will also go out to do part-time jobs to supplement their family income.
18-year-old eldest son Eron sells computers and does computer technology training in University of Toronto , teaching them how to use computers and mouse to check things in the computer. My daughter Tusca started working in a burger restaurant when she was 17 years old, earning $5 an hour, and later went to the supermarket to work part-time.
This is probably the most difficult time in Meyer's life, but she has never complained, she has never complained, and is always positive and optimistic about facing the difficulties in front of her.
Her eldest son Elon Musk later commented on Meyer: "When all three of us went to college, my mother worked very hard, but she never complained, and she smiled every day. This is the most precious wealth she gave us. I think it is precisely because of her optimistic and positive attitude towards life, and her serious and responsible work, she never gave up on life and the quality of hope, which affected her children, so that they can also work hard to do their own things with his attitude towards life."
Meyer is a role model for children. She does not inferior because of poverty, and never gives up on life and hope. This is the most precious spiritual wealth she gives to children.
Life is by me, living in the present
Suffering will always pass, and one day there will be "flowers of flowers".
Meyer respects the interests and hobbies of the three children very much. No matter what career they choose, as a mother, she will understand and agree and always protect them behind their backs.
She raised all three children very well. Her eldest son Elon Musk founded her own company at the age of 24. Now he is not only the CEO of Tesla and spaceX, but also the world's richest man. He is praised as a combination of Gates and Jobs, and is also what people call "Iron Man of Silicon Valley".
The youngest son Jimbar Musk has founded the green catering industry and runs a well-known American chain of catering. The youngest daughter, Tusca, already owns her own film company and is a successful actor and film producer.
As a mother, Meyer was successful. The three children she raised alone have achieved great success in their respective fields and became a billionaire genius that people rush to praise.
When the three children have their own careers, Meyer did not choose to be comfortable like everyone else, but kept breaking through himself and constantly facing new challenges.
Modeling career is Mayer's lifelong dream. She has never given up on her pursuit of modeling career for decades. Mayer, 60, finally made up his mind to regain his dream and return to the show.
Natural and frank, she showed her natural model temperament in her bones. Her iconic white hair made her a unique landscape on the runway and a world-renowned supermodel.
63 years old, Mayer made another surprising move. She accepted the invitation from Time magazine and appeared on the cover of the magazine with a photo of her nude pregnancy.
67 years old, Mayer appeared on New York Fashion Week , and her image appeared in American Times Square , accounting for 4 billboards.
68 years old, signed with IMG Models, and became classmates with young supermodels such as Miranda Keer , Gigi Hadid .
69 years old, becoming the spokesperson of a famous cosmetic brand.
71 years old, her career entered the golden period, and Mayer was very famous in the modeling industry.
72 years old, Mayer published her personal biography "Life by Me", which has been translated into more than 20 languages.
Although life is full of difficulties, Meyer can live a bumpy life so beautifully and colorfully.
She kept breaking the rules, bravely walked out of her comfort zone, threw away the dark history of the past, constantly overturned herself and reshaped herself, and gained everyone's recognition with a confident and optimistic attitude.
The sentence she often talks about is "Old is Gold." (A man is always gold). For Meyer, age is just a number, it does not represent any meaning.
Life should not be defined, so don’t set limits for your own life.Anyway, life is so long, if you fail, you can start over again.
No matter what, no matter what age, our lives can only be grasped by ourselves and there are infinite possibilities.
Live in the present, live out yourself, and live out more possibilities.