73岁马斯克妈妈太硬核：31岁离婚带3娃，69岁全裸登封面，职场女强人优雅到老…（附视频&对话稿）
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根据美媒报道，近日美国太空探索技术公司（SpaceX）在最新一轮融资中筹集超过5亿美元资金。美国消费者新闻与商业频道（CNBC）获取的文件显示，太空探索技术公司以每股220美元价格，授权出售超过5亿美元股份。
本轮融资对太空探索技术公司的估值为大约360亿美元，超过去年的333亿美元。报道说，本轮融资筹集的金额相当于太空探索技术公司先前预期的大约两倍。
而领导这个公司的人就是埃隆·马斯克，他也被称为现实版“钢铁侠”，尼古拉斯·特斯拉的硬核死忠粉和第二个乔布斯，同时他也是特斯拉的首席执行官，还有其他几个科技公司都归于他管。
2018年，他首次将人类现役运力最强的重型火箭送上了天， 他不仅实力把美国NASA打到脸肿， 更以一个人战胜所有国家、振奋整个世界！从此，太空中多了一辆红色的特斯拉， 全世界记住了一个名字，马斯克！
人类已经不能阻止马斯克这个疯子了， 虽然他刚49岁，但他一次次改变世界！他想要一种新的网络支付方式， 支付宝的祖师爷PayPal诞生了；他想要节约能源， 电动汽车特斯拉上路了；他想要太空旅行便宜些， SpaceX横空出世；他要缓解交通拥堵， 成立了隧道挖掘公司；未来，他还要带领人类移民火星…… 在太空和地球两头不停折腾的马斯克， 谁还能酷得过他？如果有，那一定就是他的 母-亲。
前段时间，马斯克的妈妈梅耶·马斯克在接受business insider专访的时候，谈到了她是如何兼顾自己职业发展，同时还培养了3个超级优秀的孩子？一起来看看视频吧！
So your book is called "A Woman Makes A Plan," but you talk about in your book how plans are often sideswiped and you have to make a new plan.
So what is it about the plan and not holding onto it too tightly?
Well, you do want to hold onto it tightly, because you've got this plan and it's going to be great. And then, you know, all sorts of things get thrown at you and then you are miserable, and then you have to say, "Now I need to make another plan."
And what my books says is that I stayed in miserable situations too long, so maybe you don't have to. And you talk about untraditional ways that you pushed your career forward when you were met with resistance.
Can you talk to me about that?
Well, everything you do, first of all as a dietician, I actually started my own practice. I was 21 and I started my practice at 22, because I fell pregnant on honeymoon.
You really can't go looking for a job. And so just from home, small practice picking up over the years. So that's why you figure out, well, you have to work from home well, you have to work from home because you've got kids. because you've got kids. And then you find that you've become very successful, and you think, well, maybe I can live better than this by not being absolutely miserable every day in this bad marriage. And when you moved to New York, you signed with a very big modeling agency. And it wasn't going better, like you expected it to go. I know.
So how did you deal with that?
I was very sad, because I would go into the agency. First of all, I had some big campaigns, and then I joined the larger agency. They just kept on saying I'm just not good enough and nobody wants to see me at castings.
And I'm thinking, but surely they could just meet me, and then maybe?
And then sometimes I would say look I've joined you for six months. The first job I went to, I booked the job.
So now I don't have anymore castings?
And I didn't join you to stop modeling. They said, "We're doing our best! Don't complain, we're doing our best." And then they'd send me out for one casting. And then the casting director would see me lining up with 30 women, come and grab me and say, "At long last we've got you!" And they'd bring me to the front. And they'd say, "We want you for this job!" And I'd say, "Great!" And then they said, "Because you just haven't been available."
I'm thinking, why am I not available? And then I would mention to my agency, and then they would scream at me saying, "Well, we're doing our best! They're mixing you up with other models." And I'm thinking not many models my age. So this went on for a long time, and every time I complained, they would scream at me that they're doing their best. And then I started getting model agencies all around, all surrounding New York, as well as Europe, and then I could model.
Have you had moments of lapses of confidence, and what do you do to help get over those?
You have many lapses of confidence. You are defeated many times where you think I'm in this dark tunnel and I can't climb out of it.
And you just have to keep on thinking, how do I get out of this bad situation?
Sometimes the law has to change for you to be able to get divorced, or move out of a contract, you know?
You have to be able to fight for yourself. But I was always a softie, so I always trusted people. I always didn't know why they would be malicious or why would they be nasty?
What's the advantage to them?
And I guess people just like control and power, and if they can have power over you, it gives them joy, but it's not right. Change seems to be something that helps people grow a lot, but is also very scary for most people. Reading your book is like one major life change after another.
Is change something that you lean into, or something that you were forced to do?
Every time it was to better my situation, and it was always scary, and I just went into the deep end, you know? And then I kept swimming until I came to the surface. It takes a long time.
So when you move, like to a new city or a new country, you know nobody. I worked for myself, so it's not like I had colleagues around me, and it takes you a while to get friends or meet people, and to build up your practice. I mean, my kids were eating peanut butter sandwiches for dinner. And to be able to actually buy a chicken once a week to have some chicken and potatoes and vegetables, that was always a thrill.
So you look forward to good things like that. You raised incredibly successful children. You have three children. Can you tell me what you did when you were raising them.
Can you tell me what you did when you were raising them that made them the way that they are today?
Well, I think it's similar to my parents. They were working all the time. I only saw them at six o'clock in the evening for dinner, and they just made us independent. We started working for them when we were young. And in the same way, my children were helping me.
They were very aware that I had my practice at home, and they need to be well-behaved and do their own homework, and they need to be well-behaved and do their own homework, because I didn't have time to work with them. And they were, they were really good kids. I was very lucky.
And you let them follow their own passions?
They followed their own passions, and they all went in different directions. And what is so magical about the age 12?
And what is so magical about the age 12?
Well, you don't know it's a magic age until you tell your stories and then you say, "Oh, actually by 12 we already knew what they were going to do. And then as I said, they went in different directions. When we moved to Toronto, my funds were blocked, so I was a research officer at the University of Toronto.
So they could have come there for free if they studied, or very little, if they studied medicine or law. But Elon and Kimbal wanted to study business, and then Elon went on to study physics as well. Tosca wanted to study film. So they had to get their own scholarships, they had to get their own loans, and they had to support themselves, and they did it.
And looking back at the way you raised your children, what is the best gift you think you gave them?
Well, I think I was strict, and they tell me I was a pushover. So there you go. So there you go. I think being polite and considerate of others, and doing good for others. I think they saw that. As a dietician they saw me doing that. And they all do good things for others. And they all do good things for others. And at 69, you became the oldest COVERGIRL in history.
How did they get you to do that campaign? What was that process like?
Well, first of all, I was Instagram. So Instagram got me IMG Models, which they said there's a beauty company that's interested in me. And I thought oh yeah, you know, you hear these things. And then they said, "Oh, we're going to be meeting with COVERGIRL." I said, "Okay!" And I go there and I see all my Instagram photos up on the mood board, and I'm saying, "Hmm, That's interesting." And then they're talking as if I was the COVERGIRL already, and then afterwards I leave with my agent I said, "Am I a COVERGIRL?"
She said, "Yes, the contract. We've got the contract. We're working on it." I said, "Oh, until I sign that contract, I'm not saying anything." And I wasn't allowed to say anything. And then when that contract came, it was just fantastic. I just thought, wow! It's like every model's dream to be the face of a makeup brand, and now I am. And the commercial, I still remember seeing it for the first time. It talks about age head-on, and it's very moving.
What was that process like, and what did you think about the campaign when you were shooting it?
Well, I thought they made me look fabulous. They really did. And then they wanted me dancing on a rooftop, and they wanted me walking the street. They had a lot of ideas. I'm willing to do it all, yes. I was treated like a big star, because I had my own trailer, a large trailer, and I had a double who would be for the lighting, and I'd never had that before. So this was all new to me and very exciting to be looked after so nicely.
And where do you think we could still need more age diversity in media?
We need age diversity everywhere, you know. As men get older, they are still in the media, still everywhere, and women are neglected. They don't want to book them anymore and my saying is that 50% of CEOs should be women. 50% of presidents should be women, because we'll have a kinder, gentler world, and also women should support women to get to that position, but men should support women too. We're not competition to men. We just think the best person should be able to get the job.
马斯克说：我的母亲才是我的英雄，
我的成功源于母亲培养我特立独行的性格！
“我在成长中学会的最重要的一点，
是舍弃 ‘常识’，
回归到自己的兴趣点和做事方式。”
有其子必有其母，
特立独行的马斯克母亲
梅耶·马斯克也绝非按常理出牌的人！
看看下面这几张照片就知道答案了！
先用气场秒杀你！
再用优雅征服你！
或许全世界的人都认为，
她最大的成就是生了马斯克这个天才。
但你看了北洋君的文章你就会知道，
这位70岁女性的人生，
才是大写加粗的：霸气！
是一部续写了半个多世纪的传说。
15岁就美得不可方物，
当选南非小姐！
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22岁结婚……
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31岁离婚，一边当模特带三个孩子，
一边创业开公司！
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60岁那年，她决定不再染发，
让白发肆意生长，
她说：白发并不可怕，
我的人生才刚刚开始！
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63岁、68岁，
她两次全裸登上杂志封面！
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她是马斯克的母亲，
她更是世界女性传奇——
梅耶·马斯克
NO.1
父母都是冒险家，
开着飞机带她环游世界！
这两位在飞机前合影的不是别人，
正是马斯克的外公外婆，
梅耶的父亲母亲！
或许是外祖父母身上探险的基因，
深深影响了天才马斯克！
梅耶1948年出生在加拿大，
她的父母追求自由，向往冒险的生活，
拥有一架小飞机的父亲，
常常开着飞机带着一家人环游世界！
▲ 梅耶有一个哥哥、一个姐姐，
照片前面就是梅耶和她的双胞胎妹妹！
上世纪50年代，
非洲是冒险者向往的地方，
于是，父母做了一个极其疯狂的决定：
放弃加拿大的优渥生活，
带着四个孩子举家来到非洲，
他们定居在了南非的开普敦！
梅耶童年的记忆中，
是各种的刺激和“晕机”，
父亲会带上他们飞越沙漠，
寻找传说中的失落之城，
有一次，她甚至差一点就被狮子吃掉！
父亲总是找一处平坦之地安营扎寨，
而母亲最常做的，
就是鼓励儿女们阅读，
即便是在冒险休整的间歇，
孩子们也都会各自拿起书，安静地阅读！
中国人常说：
要行万里路，读万卷书！
梅耶的父亲则对她说：
“要认真地、冒险地生活”。
这样的一段精彩又特殊的童年经历，
相信对于任何孩子，
都是一笔巨额的财富！
NO.2
15岁独立，31岁离婚！
我的人生只能由我来决定！
不得不说遗传基因的强大，
梅耶除了继承了父母的冒险精神，
更是继承了父母外貌中最好的基因，
才15岁，她就已经亭亭玉立，
美得格外引人瞩目。
一头飘逸的金色长发，
清秀的脸庞，清澈的眼眸，
从内到外散发出清新气息。
她的美貌引起广告商注意，
15岁时就给国际大牌高露洁拍了广告！
当模特走T台，在大使馆当礼仪小姐，
之后又进入南非小姐的选美决赛，
正式成为一名模特！
做模特，意味着艰苦的台步训练
和对每一卡路里都斤斤计较的节食！
而梅耶则表现出了惊人的自律和自控，
她不仅让模特事业蒸蒸日上，
更没有荒废学业。
她挤出一切空余时间用来读书，
考上了南非最大的大学比勒陀利亚大学。
22岁那年，她从营养学专业毕业。
22岁，正是花样年纪，
是女孩梦想自己未来的年纪，
而此时的梅耶已经迎来了
自己模特事业最高光的时刻！
有人说，这样耀眼的女孩，
将来要么成为大明星，
要么就是嫁入豪门！
然而，特立独行的梅耶怎会按章法出牌，
她爱上了自己的高中同学，
一个平凡的白人工程师，
Errol Musk（埃隆·马斯克）
很快，他们就结婚了。
梅耶生了2个儿子，1个女儿，
在南非，他们生活优渥、衣食无忧，
但梅耶不允许自己停下来，
她凭借旺盛的精力和巧妙的时间管理，
硬是挤出了时间来继续深造，
并在25岁拿到了营养学硕士学位！
之后她又自己创业，成立一家咨询公司！
一个年轻的妈妈，
不仅要照顾好三个孩子，
还要把大部分精力用来打理公司
有空时，她还兼职最喜欢的模特事业……
她在三个孩子的温柔母亲
和气场两米八的女boss、超模
之间转换着身份，
不用想也知道这中间有多少艰辛和不易！
然而，丈夫埃隆·马斯克
是典型的大男子主义者，
性格也很强。
两人火星撞地球，
而她不愿被束缚，不愿唯命是从。
10年婚姻走到尽头！
于是，31岁时她毫不犹疑地离婚了，
从十指不沾阳春水的太太和名模，
成为一个单亲妈妈，
为了自由和梦想，
她选择了一条最艰难的路！
明明可以靠颜值，却非要靠实力，
明明可以靠男人，却非要自己拼！
明明已经站在终点，
却从零开始，比任何人都拼命！
成功，永远属于那些不安分，
在奋斗的路上永无止境的人！
NO.3
为了孩子，
第二次从零开始，
但这次，更艰难！
梅耶和儿子马斯克、金博，女儿托斯卡
离婚后，
梅耶重拾大学专业——营养师，
她把照顾孩子以外的时间扑到工作上，
一点点开创起自己的事业，
之后她没有再嫁，更不靠男人，
失去爱情却收获自由的她，
虽然累，但找回了自我。
马斯克在学校总被人欺负，
她就安慰儿子说，
“妈妈小时候在学校也总被人欺负，
跟你有同样的遭遇和感受。”
她告诉儿子要坚持自己所热爱的事物，
选择热爱的，生命就不会被浪费。
1989年，马斯克高中毕业后想去加拿大留学，
另外两个孩子也想去加拿大。
当时她在南非的营养师事业正红火，
但为了孩子们，
她毫不犹豫地就抛下一切，
第二次选择，从头再来。
刚刚带三个孩子回到加拿大，
是梅耶人生中最艰难的一段时光。
由于她在南非的资产全部被冻结。
陌生的环境，陌生的人们，
加上三个孩子的高昂学费，
足以压倒任何一个家庭，
更何况是一个女人！
她跟孩子们住在廉租公寓里。
屋子里除了床，一件家具都没有，
但她还是尽可能把生活过的精致，
哪怕是带回来一把鲜花！
她用自己的方式，给孩子们希望。
已经41岁的梅耶不再年轻，
在异国他乡重拾模特事业几乎不可能！
为了养活孩子们，
这个坚强的女人，
竟同时打了5份工才能勉强维持生活。
孩子们努力学习，
她也从未停止过给自己找出路。
后来，她终于在一家模特公司当上临时工，
她非常珍惜这样的机会，
不管任何时候，她都随叫随到。
即便这样，梅耶仍没有放弃自己的专业，
她每周仍要挤出时间来上6节课。
因为在南非的营养师资格并不被加拿大认可，
她必须重新学习，
考取加拿大的注册营养师。
那段最苦最累的日子，
梅耶从未怨天尤人，
唯有更加拼命的工作，
她用赚到的第一笔钱，
给家里买了一块昂贵的地毯，
她说，房子是廉租的，
但生活不能廉租！
奋斗，终于让母子四人熬出头，
梅耶不仅把孩子们一个个都送进了大学，
自己也拿到了加拿大的注册营养师资格，
更惊喜的是，虽已年近50，
她的模特之路也越走越开，
广告越来越多！
这个不任由命运摆布的母亲，
终于用常人无法想象的努力，
走出了人生的低谷！
女子本弱，为母则刚！
NO.4
这个开挂的家庭
每个成员都在奋斗！奋斗！
说起教育子女，
梅耶的教育理念竟是：
撒手不管、自行发展！
其实，正是因为母亲的努力，
每个孩子都早早明白了奋斗的意义，
每个孩子都是与梅耶并肩战斗的战友。
马斯克上大学前，就在微软打工；
小女儿托斯卡每天放学后，
都会去杂货店打工赚钱！
她说：他们应该为自己负责。
孩子的教育，是梅耶最最重视的，
马斯克要到美国读书，
于是她又放弃了加拿大的工作，
陪他一起去美国。
这是她人生的第三次从头再来。
她在美国努力打工供孩子们读书，
马斯克好不容易读到斯坦福博士，
读了2天就辍学跑去了硅谷创业。
梅耶不但没有责骂他，
反而鼓励小儿子金博和哥哥一起创业。
创办公司时，埃隆24岁，弟弟金博23岁
1995年，兄弟俩在硅谷创办了一家公司，
这家公司类似于“谷歌”和“大众点评”的结合体，
而那时，谷歌连影儿还没！
她拿出自己仅有的1万美金给孩子们创业，
当兄弟俩怀疑自己的决定是个错误时。
她却鼓励儿子们，人生总得尽力一次。
那真是一段累到虚脱的时光，
家里的每一个成员都在为梦想奋斗，
多么豪情万丈啊！
Maye50岁生日时和孩子们的合影
在那三年里，
梅耶在加拿大经营自己的事业，
周末就飞往美国硅谷去帮儿子打理公司，
从实习生管理、办公费用结算、日常行政事务，
到为他们采购食物、衣服和家具。
1998年，梅耶50岁生日时，
儿子们送她玩具汽车和玩具房子。
他们向母亲承诺：
“总有一天我们会给你买真的汽车和房子！”
一年后，康柏公司收购了他们的公司，
儿子们一跃成为千万富翁，
之后在实现梦想的路上一路狂飙。
之后的故事，
大家都知道了！
大儿子马斯克在硅谷确立江湖地位，
身价千亿！
他折腾了一大堆公司，
开过PayPal，
玩电动跑车特斯拉，
直到玩火箭，
成了全世界瞩目的天才明星。
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二儿子25岁就创业成功，
软件卖了3.07亿美元，
之后专攻生态健康食品行业，
拥有十亿身家，却独爱种地。
短短5年时间，他就已经在全美，
建设了260多个学农花园。
他说他愿意为有机事业，
为恢复地球生态献出一生。
马斯克兄弟俩一个用科技改变世界，
一个用食物改变下一代。
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女儿托斯卡
成为好莱坞著名电影制作人，
她说，最喜欢看女儿拍摄的电影。
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孩子会情不自禁地模仿母亲，
将母亲视为人生的标准和榜样。
梅耶“撒手不管、自行发展”的
教育理念背后，
是她送给孩子最珍贵的礼物：
一个母亲所能做的，最好的榜样！
NO.5
无论顺境、逆境，
人生最好的时候，永远是现在！
经历颠沛流离，受尽辛酸苦楚，
从青丝到白发，从青春到老年，
岁月不会亏待全力以赴的人，
三个孩子成为各个领域的精英，
她终于有机会追逐自己的梦想！
已经快60岁的梅耶再次做出一个决定：
不再为孩子们服务，
她要重新开启在美国的模特事业。
她独自跑到曼哈顿，
用满头的白发征服年轻时未完的梦想！
这是她第四次从头再来。
她以资深营养师的身份
出书、做讲师、四处演讲；
在世界各地飞来飞去拍杂志、做代言、
还出演了碧昂斯的MV……
她用了整整10年时间，
终于在曼哈顿占据了一席之地。
一群年轻靓丽的模特中，
银发红唇的她，
目光淡定、步伐从容，
是T台上最受人瞩目的一个。
因为从不放弃自己，
因为从不放弃梦想，
自律的她从未露出丝毫老年人的倦怠，
在超模云集的时尚之都，
生生杀出一条属于她自己的路！
她终于不仅是T台上闪耀的星，
更成为ELLE、时代杂志等，
世界一流杂志封面的常客。
63岁时，她更是大胆全裸出镜，
登上《纽约杂志》封面，
希望通过自己的努力，
让全世界关注50岁以上
高龄产妇问题。
当然，孕肚是PS的啦！
2018年，她发布了自己的
“70岁宣言”——
“今年4月我就要满70岁了，
我不会退休，
我相信我的70岁依然会精彩万分！”
这位伟大的母亲，
一次次走出人生的舒适区，
一次次将人生清零，
又一次次创造奇迹！
在自由被束缚时，她选择离婚，
在孩子需要教育时，她选择异国他乡，
在孩子们成为亿万富豪时，
她又选择离开他们，追逐自己的梦想！
无论何时何地，
她从来没有把自己的人生
寄托在任何人身上！
这位从未掩饰过自己白发和皱纹的母亲，
用半生的传奇，终于活成了，
她—自—己！
未来，马斯克一定还会创造奇迹，
毕竟，他才刚49岁！
梅耶，也一定会续写她的人生传奇，
毕竟，她才刚刚73岁！
人生走过的每段路都算数，
最不该辜负的，就是自己！
最好的时光，就是当下！
2020年，请为自己加油！
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