The secrets of a workaholic: how does Elon Musk?

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If you were Elon Musk, you'd have each week to manage two multibillion-dollar companies, three smaller, dream about Mars, make time to see five of his sons, and if lucky — to have a romantic dinner. As Elon Musk spends his working week? The schedule of the General Director of SpaceX and Tesla has been the subject of wonder for many years. How could one person manage to launch and maintain so many companies planning to retire on Mars and praising the game Overwatch on Twitter?

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work, Work, work and enough sleep

Not surprisingly, the head of Tesla and SpaceX spends most of his time running their companies. It was reported that Musk has reduced its working week with a grueling 100 hours to 80-90 hours a week. To maintain such a working rhythm, he sat tight on caffeine. At the peak of activity of Musk drank eight cans of diet coke and several large cups of coffee a day. "I was so worried that he began to feel that I was losing peripheral vision," he says. "But now the office has a diet coke without caffeine".

Sleep, however, he did not refuse. Musk has discovered that reducing the time allotted for sleep has a bad effect on how much he was able to do for the day. Instead of nodding off, Musk has taken the habit to get up around seven in the morning and go to bed after midnight. "Best for me — 6, 6.5 hours of sleep," he said in 2013. "Sleep — is very good. I found that if not enough sleep, I'm pretty morose."

On average, the Musk is working twice the hours than the average person. In the US, for example, a typical 25-54-year-old employee working an average of 6.3 hours per day. Musk also works 12 hours a day. It works with email, even when spending time with children.

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Not to be late for five works

In June, Musk said that he shared most of their working hours (not less than 90%) between its two largest companies, Tesla and SpaceX. Three other initiatives in which it acts as the co-founder, investor, Executive Director, consume the rest of the time. In 2013, musk described the busy schedule at SpaceX in Los Angeles on Monday, then a flight to the Bay Area Tuesday night to begin the work of Tesla on Wednesday and Thursday, and on Friday to return to SpaceX. Weekends, too, for SpaceX (and a few Tesla). On 6 June he said that he had spent a little more time in the Tesla, which is "pull the drama".

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Family time

It is Unclear how much time Musk spends at home, but five of his sons reportedly spend about four days in every fortnight with his father. The boys regularly visited the California factory, the Mask, and sends him to the annual camping. "I am quite a good father," says Musk. "I'm with the guys a lot of time. And also take them with me when I go out of the city."

A Little less Musk likes to tell about the time he devotes to romantic interests. After the first divorce, with Justine Musk in 2008 and a breakup with his second wife, actress Talulah Riley (the first time), he mentioned the plan "the 10-hour experience".

"I think the time on business and children are marked correctly," said Musk. "But I would like to devote more time to Dating. I need to find a girl. So I will take some more time. How much a woman needs a week? Five to ten hours? More? I don't know." He and Riley got together and got married in 2013, but broke up again. Now Musk has spent probably more time with amber heard. But with her, as it turned out, he was constantly at odds and disconnected.

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a fun time

Musk, who once spent "10 hours a day" reading books, able to relax now. Video games are a frequent topic in his Twitter feed. "I like to listen to music in the car," he says, trying to think of other entertainment. "I watch movies, although less these days. Communicate with children, seeing friends, the usual. Sometimes a riot on Twitter. But I usually just working."

There is another secret.

"a Little red wine, vintage music, zolpidem [ambien]... magical!"

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Formula for success

Self-Discipline and workflow Elon musk is reduced to a formula of five variables. Or permanent — here's how to watch. For the most part his recipe of success is very difficult and is not suitable for everyone, but if you undertake to walk in the footsteps of the Mask to something you will. The formula sounds simple — work 14-16 hours a day. But in fact this is a complex formula.

The following barriers you may encounter trying to follow this formula.

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Barrier first biological

The Pain of work during the greater part of the day increases with time nonlinearly. It is growing exponentially. Elon Musk himself admits it, but continues to work at the same pace. For the average person it's not impossible, but extremely difficult. You don't just test your physical ability but also mental ability, emotional ability to cope with stress during those long hours that you separate yourself from friends and family. In the world of startups there is a saying: "I Want to run a successful startup? Work, Sleep, Family, Sports or Friends — choose any three."

It is Biologically achievable. For example, think about the time you spend with your friends. You can stay awake for many hours, without feeling bad. Of course, gradually comes fatigue, but you can easily overcome. The reason is not that this activity requires physical or mental work. The reason is that you "like" to do it. The reason you don't want to work 16 hours a day that you just do not like their work.

Elon loves his job and is willing to share its methods:

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  • Practice management of cortisol. When you are with friends, your body gets a rush of serotonin. When you're at work, your body gets a rush of cortisol. To adapt biologically to a 16-hour working day, you need to control the emissions of cortisol.
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  • solutions. Is difficult but possible way to do it. Regardless of the situation, you need to look at it from the point of view of engineering problems and make engineering decision.

If you had to solve the problem at any time or for hours, in the latter case, you would have experienced stress may seriously panicked.

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  • Weigh each task: learn the most effectively cope with stress. For this "weigh each task". Think about a simple situation: you leave home, to fly, and get stuck in traffic. You are getting seriously nervous. If you weighed the task and, say, tried to take into account the traffic and the weather, knowing that the road from home to the airport takes 35 minutes, you just went for 55 minutes and accurately managed.
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  • don't worry: the most effective people are not nervous, when faced with a problem. They just quickly identificeret, find a good solution and working on it. Their stress level remains low, and therefore this method becomes a habit.
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  • don't be nervous others. When one person begins to panic, with him starting, and others. It is important to approach stressful situations with a cool head. If the football team is well coordinated, keeping a cool temperament, she can win a match in the minority. But if one player is demoralizing the whole team, defeat is inevitable.

The Best players from the best teams keep composure and not allow others to lose it.

Simple answer: weigh. Don't panic. Practice. Don't be nervous.

How many hours Elon Musk spends at work in their businesses

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the Second barrier: ergonomics

Obviously, when you work 16 hours a day are bound to happen failures in safety and ergonomics. Elon does not disclose their methods on this issue, but it is clear that he had available.

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  • Take enough breaks, drink enough water, eat balanced and don't eat all that arm will fall.
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  • Sleep at least 7 hours a day (he Ilon sleeping for 6, a 6.5, but would like more), leave for 15-30 minutes to charge.
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  • Make an ergonomic action. Marathons don't run with the wrong shoes or the wrong step. First, fix them, and then plan your move.

Simple answer: stay in shape, relax, exercise.

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the Third barrier is psychological

This barrier simply means that if you run into situations when you have to do what you don't like the work will become very difficult. Perhaps to circumvent this barrier, there is no possibility, but a systematic approach will help to solve problems in a timely manner.

Ilona Formula is simple: love your work. If you're constantly on pins and needles and problems to no end, then something is wrong and should be changed.

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  • Make your work enjoyable: if the job was pleasant, it could be run indefinitely. Any of us could spend hours doing what he likes to play the piano, draw, go shopping and so on.
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  • Automate: the work became more fun, do the least favorite tasks are simple to perform and simplify them for you did them a computer program.
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  • and delegate: often, the tasks accumulate, but some handle them better, so in the group there is always someone who will take on your troubles. Section...

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