Name: How to Be as Productive as Elon Musk - 5 Essential Practices
Uploaded: 2022-02-13T04:18:08.000Z
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For quite a while now I have been fascinated

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Love him or hate him, you can't deny that Elon Musk

And, as someone who loves digging in to see

and mindsets that drive Elon Musk's ability

After reading Ashlee Vance's biography on Musk

as well as digging into some of his Reddit AMAs

and past online interviews, I came up with five lessons

And, these five lessons are things that anybody

can put into practice in their own lives.

And, we're gonna start with one that is deceptively simple.

one of the most updot, updoted, updooted.

One of the most updooted questions was what daily habit

do you believe has the largest positive impact

To which Musk simply replied, "Showering."

Now, I'll admit that min initial reaction to this question

was that Elon was basically trolling this person.

But, it's also possible that he was serious about it.

And, reading his answer made me think about a broader,

but still related lesson that I've learned myself.

When I take my personal appearance seriously,

If I wake up in the morning and I shower immediately

and I wear clothes that make me feel confident,

I'm likely to have a really productive day

even if I'm working here at home where nobody can see me.

And, this is something that many entrepreneurs learn

really early on when they start working for themselves.

And, it's a lesson that many students learn

And, the fewer external structures you have in your life,

you know, managers, parents, incredibly tough fairies

named Jorgen Von Strangle, the more you have to rely

on your own self-discipline and willpower

And, those two traits are surprisingly influenced

by your hygiene, by your personal appearance,

and by the organization and cleanliness of your environment.

So, if you wanna be more productive in your work

on a daily basis, take these things seriously.

Shower every day, or at least often enough

that you don't smell like a beta tester for a cologne

And, by that I don't mean you have to wear

a suit and tie to class, but wear clothes

that make you feel confident and that make it look like

which forms the basis of our second lesson,

Musk is a famously demanding CEO, expecting his employees

to work long hours, outwork the competition

at every point, and basically give up any semblance

And, this can make him seem abrasive and uncaring.

"I want you to think ahead and think so hard every day

"I want your head to hurt every night when you go to bed."

Now, despite this abrasive nature, most of Musk's current

and former employees have a lot of respect for him.

And, they're willing to sacrifice a balanced life

Well, one reason is that Musk doesn't expect

anyone on his teams to work any harder than he does.

Musk puts in anywhere between 85 to 100 hours per week,

And, he also has an intense system of bashing his tasks

in order to wring every minute for all that it's worth.

So, while Musk's employees are working hard,

Of course, an integral part of setting an example,

to the people whose morale will benefit from it.

And, that's why Musk chose to put his desk at Tesla

Steve Jurvetson, who's one of the board members at Tesla

explained Musk's reasoning for selecting this location.

"He picks the most visible place on purpose.

"He's at Teslas just about every Saturday and Sunday

"and wants people to see him and know they can find him."

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