Elon Musk Reveals His Tactics for Building Successful Companies, Including Sleeping Under His Desk and 'Working Every Waking Hour'

Elon Musk founded Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, Neuralink and different companies and consistently ranks among nan top three richest group successful nan world. But his caller speech pinch different powerful CEO shows nan value Musk had to salary to execute wealthiness — and nan guidance and mindset strategies he employs now to build successful companies.

Musk explained really he defined ultra-hard activity to Nicolai Tangen, CEO of $1.6 trillion Norges Bank, nan world's largest wealthiness fund, connected an April episode of Tangen's podcast, In Good Company.

Ultra-hard activity happens erstwhile "you're fundamentally conscionable moving each waking hour," Musk said.

When asked really agelong he could do that, Musk replied that he'd done it "continuously" for a fewer years astatine a time.

Elon Musk. Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

"I've done many, galore stretches of 100-hour weeks, wherever astir six hours per time is sleeping," Musk said. "I would not urge that. That's for emergencies."

Musk put successful those 100-hour weeks during difficult times astatine Tesla and successful nan early days of immoderate of his startups, erstwhile he said he slept nether his table and worked 7 days a week.

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Musk besides discussed overseeing difficult workers connected nan podcast, stating that smart group thin to negociate themselves and tin activity anywhere. His strategy is to outline a communal extremity and inquire them if they work together pinch it. If they do, they tin get it done.

When Tangen asked really Musk balanced micromanagement pinch delegation, he claimed he wouldn't telephone his style "micromanagement."

"It's conscionable insisting connected attraction to detail," Musk said. "If you're trying to make a cleanable product, attraction to item is essential."

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Musk's past maneuver for building successful companies mightiness beryllium his mindset toward his ain impact.

When asked really he would want to beryllium remembered, Musk said he doesn't mind if his bequest is inaccurate arsenic agelong arsenic he feels for illustration he's "done nan correct point for nan early of consciousness."

Musk is nan CEO of Tesla, which he stated this week is connected way to nutrient new, much affordable electrical cars moreover arsenic gross dipped twelvemonth complete year.

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