Productivity: in Elon Musk's way

Everyone has 24 hours but some people work effectively and produce much more value while other just waster there time. Why is it like this? well, this is totally depends upon the person's perspective and working style.

In the history of big tech giants industry people never forgot the name of Elon Musk, why? well, because there are plenty of reason but most common reason is the way he works. He is so so much productive person so what are the productivity hacks which followed by Elon Musk and his entire team of Tesla.

Basically, Elon follows 6 rules for productivity which are following:

1. 🏃 Avoid large meetings, large meetings waste valuable time and energy.

• They discourage debate
• People are more guarded than open
• There’s not enough time for everyone to contribute
• Don’t schedule large meetings unless you’re certain they provide value to everyone.

2. 🙌 Leave a meeting if you’re not contributing

• Leave a meeting if you’re not contributing
• If a meeting doesn’t require your:
• Input
• Value
• Decisions:
• Your presence is useless.
• It’s not rude to leave a meeting but it’s rude to waste people’s time.

3. Forget the chain of command

• Communicate with colleagues directly.
• Not through supervisors or managers.
• Fast communicators make fast decisions.
• Fast decisions = competitive advantage.

4. 🧠 Be clear, not clever

• Avoid nonsense words and technical jargon.
• It slows down communication.
• Choose words that are:
• Concise
• To the point
• Easy to understand
• Don’t sound smart. Be efficient.

5. 🏃 Ditch frequent meetings

• There’s no better way to waste everyone’s time.
• Use meetings to:
• Collaborate
• Attack issues head-on
• Solve urgent problems
• But once you resolve the issue, frequent meetings are no longer necessary.
• You can resolve most issues without a meeting.
• Instead of meetings:
• Send a text
• Send an email
• Communicate on a discord or slack channel
• Don’t interrupt your team’s workflow if it’s unnecessary.

6. 🙋 Use common sense

• If a company rule doesn’t:
• Make sense
• Contribute to progress
• Apply to your specific situation
• Avoid following the rule with your eyes closed.
• Don’t follow rules. Follow principles.

Life is great and we have to live in very beautiful way so one can remember.