As a retired founder and CEO of a small global high tech company I totally agree with the concept of long hours and being on the front lines with your workers. After 22 years of effort, I gave half the company to the employees, sold it with their approval and retired at 58 years of age to start other business adventures, At 80 I still manage 3 corporations. Make your goals to be above average, it works.
Little does the world know how much we all owe to this man. He is single handedly managing to send ice vehicles to the annals of history. He made space transport more affordable and efficient. He has proved that marketing vultures are not required for true progress and he has inspired many into dreaming the impossible and dare do mighty things. May he live long and prosper🖖
You see all the E-vehicles being brought out by all the traditional manufacturers all of a sudden. They really didn't want to my Musk was kicking their butt at their own industry, just like he's done to the aerospace industry, that they didn't have any choice. This one man is literally changing the world.
@@daved5023 will elon started from the bottom then work is way up..don't look at how elon runs his businesses now, look at how he started his business and empire.
His statue in the spaceport of Mars One Colony will be a reminder that, once upon a time, a remarkable man exceeded all expectations for visionary achievements and ushered in the Age of Affordable Spaceflight and a dozen other leading edge technologies.
He is literally doing this for him not for humanity and what is on Mars actually ? Tell me ? Our Earth is rich in all materials ? What is on in that desert planet ? He is just wasting so much money of him ! After all if he do work for our Mother Earth, then that is going to be appreciable because it is for humanity and for our Earth but he does this job for going to Mars then it is all about for getting fame from people to him ! But I just don't like him ! If I am true then live a good comment !🤔
Yeah, a hero who is nasty enough to tap a narcissistic named Amber heard when he knew she is with Johnny.....dont put anyone on pedestal in life and it is not just him there are several engineers who made the things he wish for....possible. Do your work in life don't make others your hero.
@@AJSoundbites I am supporting you brother, actually Lacks of people does job for him but he get the all fame and respect ! What about those lakhs of people ? Are they don't work hard like Elon ?🤔
@@varadnaniwadekar5194 what do you expect. Every single person who works at tesla to get a trophy and 10 million dollars? Sure but than ever single person who has a job needs the same respect.
No doubt. I'm no Elon Musk but I did own and run a successful construction company. I had no office to speak of and I worked the entire day with carpenter's bags and a pencil behind my ear. I managed customers and employees as needed going directly back to where I'd left off. Probably my most frequent comment when consulting with my people would be, "Ya gotta keep your head in the game to work here." If I had to guess one thing that's got to be accurate about Elon it would be this; He's definatly good at deligating responsibility with the appropriate authority to his highly compitant team.... teams.... necessary for task accomplishment. I'm correct about that one. So i'll keep going. He's not surrounded himself with yes people. I'll bet ya anything there's one sure way to piss him off, let him catch you pandering. lol..... that'd piss me off. "I sign your check. That means you're required as part of your job discription to speak your mind without politics. Period." I paid my folks very well also. No doubt I had good people. Nothing says, "I appreciate your work here." like a fat paycheck! No doubt Elon does that too. Look. Clearly Elon is a whirlwind in the business world, but he's not tapped into some secrete formula that's a mystery to all. Work smart. Work hard. Keep your head in the game. Never quit. Good going Elon. I've only reciently started following your, "Not so boring story." It's nice to see your mannor and how you handle your success. Always speak the truth. Always take the high road. Always remember only one man has walked the earth in a perfect mannor. Never loose that childlike wonder. ....that ability to notice important moments, sights or points..... and say, "Wow. Look at that!" Wish you the best Elon! God Bless
I'm gonna disagree a little bit. Disagree with the boss is a good way to get fired. Most leaders are severe Type A narcassists and think they know best 100% of the time.
I have until recently worked for small businesses where the owner will work shoulder to shoulder with you. These people are willing to share their experience with you and in doing so make you a more valuable asset especially when they encourage you to expand your creativity. It is to bad that so few businesses do it anymore.
I mean even if you only achieve one percent of what he achieved and will achieve you will probably achieve a hundred times more than most humans ever will or can.
Don't need to do the job for a 80 to 100 hours a week, after all Earth has so many Technology no need to get more tech ! But we need a Time Machine and Hologram ! That's all what else we want ! And if I clear you we don't go the other planets to live because other planets has also a living organisms may be in different dimensions, they don't allow to live us on their planet or to capture their planet by all humans ! Tell me, if aliens come to our Mother Earth, and capture all Earth, are not going to dare to stop them ?🤔
Been operating my own (rather small) business for 33 years. When advertising for staff I give them a piece of paper with some questions on it and tell them to return it to me the following day. Here are the questions: 1. Please describe exactly what this company does. How does it make its money? 2. What is the company structure, and who owns it? 3. What contribution(s) will you make to the company to help it stay in business? 4. What do you expect to get from working here? 5. What (if anything) would you be prepared to forefeit or give up, in order to work here? Around 90% of job applicants don't come back the next day.
@@Barbaralee1205 Some of them do... most don't, unfortunately, as they fail many of the subsequent "tests". These include basic grammar, arithmetic skills, telephone manner, understanding of basic business principles (and I mean basic), and a few other tests. We check social media profiles and any hint of prejudice, spitefulness or online trolling immediately terminates their application. Sadly, many people (including the not-so-young) don't realise how their social media presence can reveal true character. Sometimes, even a "promising" candidate lets themself down with "unsavoury" aspects revealed on their social media presence.
@@brunosmith6925 your method is clearly intelligent and just. I’m betting you have great employees!! I’m on the tail end of my business career but i wish i had known this earlier. What a world of hurts I could have spared myself!
Actually not true. CEOs do have to answer to a Board of Directors and investors. If constantly running around constantly worrying about minutia instead of focusing on the big picture, the Board is probably going to boot you quickly. Also for a manufacturing company putting an engineer at the head as CEO is a good idea. (Take note Boeing!) But if it is a bank or customer service company a CFO may be a better choice for CEO.
I was promoted from the factory floor into a supervisor position and was horrified by how little most salaried employees cared about our products. Most were focused on office politics, their career, or just cozying up to the plant manager. Spending time on the phone, in meetings, or on long lunches were the norm. Spending time on the floor was seen as a waste.
@@Jonmal0ne We couldn't last a day in his world, let's not kid ourselves. Most people get stressed if McDonalds doesn't give them the ketchup lol. I have a small company with a handful of employees and yet somedays I feel so stressed it's crazy. Can't imagine nor would I want to take on his life!
@@Chris11249 Well, I also do have a small company with a handful of employees. I’m not saying Musk never worked a day in life: he did work his ass off in the first days, as all of us entrepreneurs do. But I strongly believe when hype hits, things change. And Musk understood that well. Also playing the card of the busy af entrepreneur is working well generally.
Being motivated and capable of doing the work everyone else avoids...is the best job security. I've never failed to get hired after telling the interviewer I'm willing and able to do the work no one else wants to do. If you pull it off, you will be the highest paid employee, or the new boss in no time.
That's what they used to tell us back in the days when lay-off's started becoming common business practice. They said the key to job security was to make yourself valuable to the company. They suggested two routes. One, doing the things that other people can't do and two, doing the things that other people won't do...not mutually exclusive.
He reminds me more and more every day of Tony Stark. CEO of a tech giant, always working, that is never in his office, because he is on the production line.
U know he is a big fan of Ironman. He even did a cameo in the Monaco scene in the restaurant where he tells Toni Stark about his idea for a electric jet.
I avoid phone calls at all costs too. That’s only blabla or someone trying to trick you. It’s only good if both/ all parties have a clear goal/ topic to speak about and have a solid relationship.
The most impressive part about Elon is that he's somehow an expert and knows everything about each product he's engineering. When he talks about his different rockets at space X, he can tell you about literally every part and what it does and why. Same with the engineering being tesla, boring company, neuralink. Solar city and the list goes on. Insane
He's a unique individual who once they have power they don't do everything in their power to get more. He just works and those accomplishments take him to where he is now.
It's because he got there himself, he wasn't placed there by people already in power. He got there without sucking up to people, except maybe investors in the beginning. He's nothing like Lady Gaga who pretty obviously got to where she is because someone wanted her there.
Phone calls and meetings are an epic waste of time. I'm a mechanical engineer and in meetings there's always a handful of people who just repeat the same thing again and again and again needlessly, dragging out what should have been a 5-minute meeting into a repetitive draining 30 to 60-minute one which leaves less time in the day to actually get things done.
nice video, too many of my workmates are 'buying into' the media hype of 'Musk, a person enriching himself off the backs of ordinary people', and I'm afraid that view is becoming more prevalent than ever....never mind that the whole world is pivoting on this one single person, 'Elon Musk'.
@Gabriel G dam your right, why would you have your hero as someone who has done good for the world. you should go with a sports player, or maybe some random celebrity instead.
Elon gets it. The ENTIRE reason for a "CEO" is to provide the vision and leadership for the entire company. CEO's that don't leave the bean counting to the bean counters and get overly involved in cost cutting instead of innovation end up being either out of business or sold to someone like Elon who DOES understand how to lead!
You can't imitate nor copy their style. Like Steve Jobs used to have and Apple lost with his death. You just can't. The drive is behind the person, being that one in a million. And that's precisely what made and make them special: own trademark. These are the management virtuosos, just like some people are at arts. You just can't clone them.
I have shared an office with the CEOs and Presidents of major billion-dollar companies before. Elon is right! Of all the executives I have seen succeeding in America, it is the ones who get to the front lines which have the greatest number of successes.
EM is the epitomy of dynamism and intellect: he is the role model of what a CEO should be and he is everything the current corporate MBA type CEOs aren't: this is why Tesla is what it is today with so so much more to come.
At Tesla Elon set up his desk at the end of the Model X production line so he can personally inspect the cars as they come off the line...and at SpaceX his desk has a sword and a few awards. He doesnt need an office because he owns the building as the majority SpaceX share holder. His work area is notoriously clean and on point. Elon leads from the front and sets the standard for work ethic and innovation.
2:40 to 2:50 These days people with tech backgrounds are targeting MBA courses so they climb up the career ladder. This is contributing to the loss of tech experts.
I have one piece of advice for Mr. Musk: you know those old, grey haired guys that assemble models that look exactly like the one on the box or make Lionel train pieces from scratch, you might seek them out every now and again. The term here is fitment, once you get that down you won't need 12 or 15 hours to do a 5 hour project.
That was an outstanding video on productivity, full of ''cutting edge'' Elon Musk style's common sense and wisdom! Thanks a lot! p.s. But you made me work hard on my vocabulary... English is not my native language. So I had to search the meaning of the zillion idioms in your video commentary... 🤓 But it was worth it! ✌
@@tomboard1 Thanks a lot for you reply! It is encouraging! But my comment was short... It is more challenging not to make mistakes in a long text. Luckily we have grammatical corrector software that is available to help. 👍 p.s. Truth be told, I didn't used it for the comment I made or my reply to you. 😌 😊
Before Elon Musk, former General Electric engineers Bill & Dave had a similar hands-on approach, which they called Management By Wandering About, as they took Hewlett-Packard from a garage in Palo Alto to become one of the world's leading tech companies.
I definitely believe in non traditional methods to achieve your goals... That's innovation itself. Musk is also obsessed with work. But he gets the results in. I'm from South Africa btw. Elon was brought up here.
All the work stations are mini Offices for the respective workplace. Only matters needed at the particular station should be contained therein for maximum storage utilization and optimum movement and decision making
When Elon was in Adelaide with the battery project he spoke to a gathering about mars...the newspaper's thought he was a bit of a con man but he has proved them otherwise since then... and is in fact inspirational to all, even the newspaper's mostly agree with this now.
Some would rather keep it in their Heads. My husband was like that. He was nearly a Genius but he died young and left me. Only at 55 years old. He rarely slept.
I find it amazing that people can work that many hours per week in any given field and their quality of work and mental functioning doesn't ostensibly suffer.
I think it's a momentum thing. Like when you're painting, every time you stop you have to close up the paint, clean and store the brushes properly, clean yourself up and change clothes. When you get ready to continue the job, it's almost like you are starting all over again, repeating the setup. And if you're trying to solve a problem, sometimes you lose your page and have to figure out where you were when you stopped. Whereas if you work continuously the momentum helps get your creative juices flowing, and even when you stop for a quick nap it seems like your mind is still working on the problem while you are sleeping. Problem solving requires concentration, and concentration is not so much a matter of thinking hard about what you are doing. It's more about not having anything else on your mind BUT what you are doing, eliminating distractions that can break your train of thought just when you are on the verge of a breakthrough.
Funny to hear that he does not have an office, while showing him sitting in his office. His mentality flies in the face of most management guru’s regarding work. We learned to balance work and home time. Get in at a reasonable time, leave at a reasonable time. Family first. Work/life balance. Perhaps that is the advice for us troglodytes and not for the entrepreneurs such as him. I love what I do, and have achieved great success at it. I put in way too many hours as it is, many times 70+ hours per week, but you’ll never see me sleeping at the office. My own bed is far more comfortable!! And there is a beautiful lady next to me!! And while this sounds great to hear about how they conduct business, it’s not new. All one has to do is read up on the story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works. He moved all engineers to the production line and eliminated all offices for them, so they could be right there as work was being completed in the aircraft that were being made. That ensured greater adherence to schedules, and that issues were caught right then and there before they moved down the line. Johnson was definitely ahead of his time. I’m not disagreeing with what he’s saying or how he living his life. It works for him and that’s great. More power to him. I wish I had his drive and intelligence. In many respects, he is someone to emulate. And they’ve achieved some excellent milestones for sure.
I have really changed my mind about Elon Musk. Controversial? Yes. But he walks the walk, and I respect that. And he is ruthlessly honest about what it takes to succeed.
I'm all for work ethic, but at what cost? Working 100 hours a week, he has 9 hours a day to sleep and do everything other than work. I mean I don't feel bad for him, if he likes that, more power to him...but it's not a very balanced life. I think most people would start shutting down trying to maintain that kinds of lifestyle. But we all know Elon is actually a robot from an alien race.
It's kind of like an open-plan office. I could never work at an open-plan office, and having my own office would be amazing, I love Elon musk but this is one thing I don't agree with him personally. Some people might on this topic, I do not. Powerpoint is a useful asset to tell people stuff, managing finances is required to keep the business alive (Even if Elon doesn't care about profit, you still need to manage finance) and conference rooms are great places for executives to gather. An office... is a matter of personal preference I would love to have an office and have to at least have my own small cubicle, but that's my opinion. I need the privacy though. Most other things I do agree on though.
Maybe he had an uncle in the furniture business and they wanted the proto type the Elongo sofa 🤣🤣🤣 it would be a must have in almost every social climbers lounge
I work in a jaguar factory that makes roofs. and every time there is a robot callibration issue. I need to walk from one end of the factory to another (like 15min walk) and tell the mechanics what's going on. They usually don't give a fck about it unless u literally stand next to them and basically be a pain in the ass for them. Then they eventually show up but this guy can't do it cause he's new, this one maybe can do it, this one can try but prefers to call the main engineer. When Main engineer comes he plugs in his laptop, sits on it for the next 20-30min and when the Manager comes asking "WTF?" the engineer tells him some random complicated mechanical words that he won't understand because he sits in office 8hrs everyday on Facebook and Powerpaint. So the main engineer usually tells him he will fix it in a few WEEKS and the manager says "very well" Luckily we've got a second cell on which we can work night shifts in case the first cell fcks up otherwise I'd be job less lol
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I trade with her too, UA-camrs dont actually care if you loose money, they just want more views and traffic! this is why i respect her. She actually takes her time to coach you in steps
On that scale of his Business I agree with everything. A little Business should do more Marketing and Sales. The Produkt dont need to be the best in the world to make 100k a year
No office and he fired his personal assistant too. The most hands on CEO in the history of entrepreneurship… who actually manages 6 multibillion dollar companies. A feat NEVER done by any other human in world history.
Happy to be living in a time with a man like Elon leading the tech charge for humanity!
Definitely. And I suck at anything about it. Thank God for Musk
i think i just threw up a little bit...
Yes but you wouldn't want to be him.
@@dylandoss8854 socialist?
As a retired founder and CEO of a small global high tech company I totally agree with the concept of long hours and being on the front lines with your workers. After 22 years of effort, I gave half the company to the employees, sold it with their approval and retired at 58 years of age to start other business adventures, At 80 I still manage 3 corporations. Make your goals to be above average, it works.
thats amazing
Well done you!
Little does the world know how much we all owe to this man. He is single handedly managing to send ice vehicles to the annals of history. He made space transport more affordable and efficient. He has proved that marketing vultures are not required for true progress and he has inspired many into dreaming the impossible and dare do mighty things.
May he live long and prosper🖖
You see all the E-vehicles being brought out by all the traditional manufacturers all of a sudden. They really didn't want to my Musk was kicking their butt at their own industry, just like he's done to the aerospace industry, that they didn't have any choice. This one man is literally changing the world.
If he makes a communist state and build space ships named USS- Enterprise, he will surely live long and prosper.
He will definately have a place in the history books of the future.
Nothing of what you are saying is true
"single handedly"
you didn't watch the video, did you. Without others none of this would be possible.
Because he has some of the most amazing individuals working with him. The fact that he can draw people like that is the mark of the man.
heck if i could raise that kinda capital and hire teams like that, yea, id be a billionaire too.
@@daved5023 Money is nothing for Elon. Elon wants to change the world for the good of mankind.
@@joerambo2083 literally.. his money is just to fund everything
I know, flocking sheep is really the mark of a stud
@@daved5023 will elon started from the bottom then work is way up..don't look at how elon runs his businesses now, look at how he started his business and empire.
Imagine being so popular that people crowdfund a couch for you when you're the richest man in the world
Revan
The same thing cannot be said of other very well known billionaires. 🙂
jeff bezon got crowdfunded a guillotine if that counts somehow
@@friedrichkrone5141 what is that
@@cringyhuman3210 it is a midevil device for chopping heads off..
@@Cent51 I dunno, sounds like a fullonevil device to me.
Many hundreds of years from every one here on this planet will still know this amaizing person once in a while humanity gets a brilliant treat
Elon show us what we all can achieve
His statue in the spaceport of Mars One Colony will be a reminder that, once upon a time, a remarkable man exceeded all expectations for visionary achievements and ushered in the Age of Affordable Spaceflight and a dozen other leading edge technologies.
Very prophetic
He is literally doing this for him not for humanity and what is on Mars actually ? Tell me ? Our Earth is rich in all materials ? What is on in that desert planet ? He is just wasting so much money of him ! After all if he do work for our Mother Earth, then that is going to be appreciable because it is for humanity and for our Earth but he does this job for going to Mars then it is all about for getting fame from people to him ! But I just don't like him ! If I am true then live a good comment !🤔
@@varadnaniwadekar5194 He is giving us afordable ways to travel beyound our earth. He is expanding our science and our minds
Elon Musk is changing the world. If I had to name my hero, it would be him.
Yeah, a hero who is nasty enough to tap a narcissistic named Amber heard when he knew she is with Johnny.....dont put anyone on pedestal in life and it is not just him there are several engineers who made the things he wish for....possible.
Do your work in life don't make others your hero.
@@AJSoundbites no one is perfect. If it’s alright with you, I will continue to look up to Mr. Musk.
@@AJSoundbites I am supporting you brother, actually Lacks of people does job for him but he get the all fame and respect ! What about those lakhs of people ? Are they don't work hard like Elon ?🤔
@@varadnaniwadekar5194 what do you expect. Every single person who works at tesla to get a trophy and 10 million dollars? Sure but than ever single person who has a job needs the same respect.
@@blanexblaze6510 Yes he has to get a trophy and 10 Million Dollar at least !
No doubt. I'm no Elon Musk but I did own and run a successful construction company. I had no office to speak of and I worked the entire day with carpenter's bags and a pencil behind my ear. I managed customers and employees as needed going directly back to where I'd left off. Probably my most frequent comment when consulting with my people would be, "Ya gotta keep your head in the game to work here."
If I had to guess one thing that's got to be accurate about Elon it would be this; He's definatly good at deligating responsibility with the appropriate authority to his highly compitant team.... teams.... necessary for task accomplishment. I'm correct about that one. So i'll keep going. He's not surrounded himself with yes people. I'll bet ya anything there's one sure way to piss him off, let him catch you pandering. lol..... that'd piss me off.
"I sign your check. That means you're required as part of your job discription to speak your mind without politics. Period." I paid my folks very well also. No doubt I had good people. Nothing says, "I appreciate your work here." like a fat paycheck! No doubt Elon does that too.
Look. Clearly Elon is a whirlwind in the business world, but he's not tapped into some secrete formula that's a mystery to all. Work smart. Work hard. Keep your head in the game. Never quit.
Good going Elon. I've only reciently started following your, "Not so boring story." It's nice to see your mannor and how you handle your success. Always speak the truth. Always take the high road. Always remember only one man has walked the earth in a perfect mannor. Never loose that childlike wonder. ....that ability to notice important moments, sights or points..... and say, "Wow. Look at that!"
Wish you the best Elon!
God Bless
what happened to the construction company? did you sell it?
I'm gonna disagree a little bit. Disagree with the boss is a good way to get fired. Most leaders are severe Type A narcassists and think they know best 100% of the time.
Elon once he gets the new couch: It's alright Gary, I'll sleep on the cheap couch, you guys can use the expensive one. It was a gift, after all.
respect +1
I have until recently worked for small businesses where the owner will work shoulder to shoulder with you. These people are willing to share their experience with you and in doing so make you a more valuable asset especially when they encourage you to expand your creativity. It is to bad that so few businesses do it anymore.
I think having no office is a matter of preference
If you feel like you'd be more productive with an office, have one; otherwise, ditch the office
Oh crap,, "is it too late to bring back the offices!?!?"
personally I need a space to "work" in.
If I don't have that I work much crappier.
The guy lives rent-free in the heads of so many social media addicts and other insane people he doesn't need to spend money on an office.
No office? That’s ridiculous!! Where would I hang my MBA diploma?! 🤔😜
ha ha ha ha. Irony.
Lol 😂
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE ALIVE IN THIS TIME TO SEE WHAT ELON IS DOING! Really makes me wanna STEP TF UP!
Elon Musk is one of kind.
Nah, Elizabeth Holmes proves you wrong.
Me toi
@@hans-joachimbierwirth4727 Not sure Theranos is quite the same as multiple billion dollar businesses
So am I
His how man should be
this man should be an inspiration for the whole world
he is
I am an entrepreneur and a ceo 👨💼, I also don’t have a formal office 😊 happy to know about Musk !
That’s how Caesar fought his war in Gaul.
Elon should have a tent as good as Caesars
Not to mention Alexander...
avoiding calls, and no office..... 80-100 hour a week of work and I'll be just like musk!
Yep. Just like Musk!
Well, not nearly as rich.
But otherwise, you could be Elon 2.0.1 ...
I mean even if you only achieve one percent of what he achieved and will achieve you will probably achieve a hundred times more than most humans ever will or can.
Don't need to do the job for a 80 to 100 hours a week, after all Earth has so many Technology no need to get more tech ! But we need a Time Machine and Hologram ! That's all what else we want ! And if I clear you we don't go the other planets to live because other planets has also a living organisms may be in different dimensions, they don't allow to live us on their planet or to capture their planet by all humans ! Tell me, if aliens come to our Mother Earth, and capture all Earth, are not going to dare to stop them ?🤔
Been operating my own (rather small) business for 33 years. When advertising for staff I give them a piece of paper with some questions on it and tell them to return it to me the following day. Here are the questions:
1. Please describe exactly what this company does. How does it make its money?
2. What is the company structure, and who owns it?
3. What contribution(s) will you make to the company to help it stay in business?
4. What do you expect to get from working here?
5. What (if anything) would you be prepared to forefeit or give up, in order to work here?
Around 90% of job applicants don't come back the next day.
And the ones that do, get hired. Ahhhh.... that’s BRILLIANT!
@@Barbaralee1205 Some of them do... most don't, unfortunately, as they fail many of the subsequent "tests". These include basic grammar, arithmetic skills, telephone manner, understanding of basic business principles (and I mean basic), and a few other tests. We check social media profiles and any hint of prejudice, spitefulness or online trolling immediately terminates their application. Sadly, many people (including the not-so-young) don't realise how their social media presence can reveal true character. Sometimes, even a "promising" candidate lets themself down with "unsavoury" aspects revealed on their social media presence.
@@brunosmith6925 your method is clearly intelligent and just. I’m betting you have great employees!! I’m on the tail end of my business career but i wish i had known this earlier. What a world of hurts I could have spared myself!
Musk’s views on wasted meetings, death by Powerpoint and the need to focus on design, engineering and production - on point
When you are the CEO the whole building is your office, it does not matter where you work nobody can question what you do.
Actually not true. CEOs do have to answer to a Board of Directors and investors. If constantly running around constantly worrying about minutia instead of focusing on the big picture, the Board is probably going to boot you quickly.
Also for a manufacturing company putting an engineer at the head as CEO is a good idea. (Take note Boeing!) But if it is a bank or customer service company a CFO may be a better choice for CEO.
I was promoted from the factory floor into a supervisor position and was horrified by how little most salaried employees cared about our products. Most were focused on office politics, their career, or just cozying up to the plant manager. Spending time on the phone, in meetings, or on long lunches were the norm. Spending time on the floor was seen as a waste.
Doesn't even surprise me. Musk lives off hype and gov't money. Not off hard work.
@@Jonmal0ne We couldn't last a day in his world, let's not kid ourselves. Most people get stressed if McDonalds doesn't give them the ketchup lol. I have a small company with a handful of employees and yet somedays I feel so stressed it's crazy. Can't imagine nor would I want to take on his life!
@@Chris11249 Well, I also do have a small company with a handful of employees.
I’m not saying Musk never worked a day in life: he did work his ass off in the first days, as all of us entrepreneurs do.
But I strongly believe when hype hits, things change.
And Musk understood that well. Also playing the card of the busy af entrepreneur is working well generally.
@@Jonmal0ne Yeah you're probably right these days. He's better at marketing and PR than he let's on that's for sure ;)
Makes sense what you observed and what Musk says. My new down to earth hero!
Being motivated and capable of doing the work everyone else avoids...is the best job security. I've never failed to get hired after telling the interviewer I'm willing and able to do the work no one else wants to do. If you pull it off, you will be the highest paid employee, or the new boss in no time.
That's what they used to tell us back in the days when lay-off's started becoming common business practice. They said the key to job security was to make yourself valuable to the company. They suggested two routes. One, doing the things that other people can't do and two, doing the things that other people won't do...not mutually exclusive.
What job
He reminds me more and more every day of Tony Stark. CEO of a tech giant, always working, that is never in his office, because he is on the production line.
U know he is a big fan of Ironman. He even did a cameo in the Monaco scene in the restaurant where he tells Toni Stark about his idea for a electric jet.
Fiction vs reality should not be confused.
@@paintedpony2935 We know, but the similarity are startling.
CEO of A tech giant is Tony Stark, Musk is CEO of a few more tech giants, and a few to-be-giants!
There is alot of movies with hidden truth in it.
I avoid phone calls at all costs too. That’s only blabla or someone trying to trick you. It’s only good if both/ all parties have a clear goal/ topic to speak about and have a solid relationship.
Elon never talk about relationship here....
elon musk life:
90%: working
9%:eating while working
1%:tweeting memes
You forgot 20% laughing at the haters.
More like: 90% playing stupid games and 10% spreading shit using Twitter.
He must take some time off ... he’s got 6 children!!
The most impressive part about Elon is that he's somehow an expert and knows everything about each product he's engineering. When he talks about his different rockets at space X, he can tell you about literally every part and what it does and why. Same with the engineering being tesla, boring company, neuralink. Solar city and the list goes on. Insane
He's a unique individual who once they have power they don't do everything in their power to get more. He just works and those accomplishments take him to where he is now.
incredible what a great brainwashing this guy has done, when I see this kind of comment, and money is just a number
@@xpengfangirl7942 You're in that leftist cult that is full of hate. I know what I'm talking about. You're just a drone.
It's because he got there himself, he wasn't placed there by people already in power. He got there without sucking up to people, except maybe investors in the beginning. He's nothing like Lady Gaga who pretty obviously got to where she is because someone wanted her there.
Phone calls and meetings are an epic waste of time. I'm a mechanical engineer and in meetings there's always a handful of people who just repeat the same thing again and again and again needlessly, dragging out what should have been a 5-minute meeting into a repetitive draining 30 to 60-minute one which leaves less time in the day to actually get things done.
nice video, too many of my workmates are 'buying into' the media hype of 'Musk, a person enriching himself off the backs of ordinary people', and I'm afraid that view is becoming more prevalent than ever....never mind that the whole world is pivoting on this one single person, 'Elon Musk'.
Love everything about him a fantastic mentor for the engineers and tech brains of the future
My HERO! Focus on the job at hand!
@Gabriel G dam your right, why would you have your hero as someone who has done good for the world. you should go with a sports player, or maybe some random celebrity instead.
I love this man. I am 79 and i had the same work ethic used to work 8 hrs in office and then 8 hours at home every day.
Because his mind is too vast so the world is his office...
Elon is single handedly advancing our technology by decades
“Single handedly”?
Impressive work ethic!
Elon gets it. The ENTIRE reason for a "CEO" is to provide the vision and leadership for the entire company. CEO's that don't leave the bean counting to the bean counters and get overly involved in cost cutting instead of innovation end up being either out of business or sold to someone like Elon who DOES understand how to lead!
You can't imitate nor copy their style. Like Steve Jobs used to have and Apple lost with his death. You just can't. The drive is behind the person, being that one in a million. And that's precisely what made and make them special: own trademark. These are the management virtuosos, just like some people are at arts. You just can't clone them.
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Musk is like Henry Ford, Einstein, Darwin, and Da Vinci in one
Stop accusing Einstein and Da Vinci of being like Elon Musk! That's a very serious offense.
hhhmmmm, so where is n. tesla in the combinations????
I have shared an office with the CEOs and Presidents of major billion-dollar companies before. Elon is right! Of all the executives I have seen succeeding in America, it is the ones who get to the front lines which have the greatest number of successes.
the best line ever " being an entrepreneur, is like chowing on a piece of glass and staring into the abyss. " yup at times is can be.
EM is the epitomy of dynamism and intellect: he is the role model of what a CEO should be and he is everything the current corporate MBA type CEOs aren't: this is why Tesla is what it is today with so so much more to come.
Reasons why this man has all my respect.
Elon is the future
lol i am drinking a heinekin as i see your icon. cheers.
Sir Derty Labatt blue here, cheers. My icon kind of matches
100% the only real way to run a company. Or live your life. Hats off to Elon 👍👌🙏
"Production Hell" was not a phrase invented by Elon. It's commonly used in the film industry and elsewhere.
One of a kind... there is NOTHING to compare
Sounds like our kickass super hero need a vacation of 3 days
He wouldn’t know what to do with himself. Solving problems isn’t something he wants to do, so much as something he has to do.
@@logiboy123 I’m talking family vacation. That can be important for such a burdensome mind.
I would sleep on the floor of my workplace if I had somewhere to work, my mother used to say I can sleep on a piece of 2 by 4
At Tesla Elon set up his desk at the end of the Model X production line so he can personally inspect the cars as they come off the line...and at SpaceX his desk has a sword and a few awards. He doesnt need an office because he owns the building as the majority SpaceX share holder. His work area is notoriously clean and on point. Elon leads from the front and sets the standard for work ethic and innovation.
Dogefather🥂🍾
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I takes time to get ahead possibly a thing no one understands yet until it becomes a demand.
@TECH VISION. Thanks
2:40 to 2:50 These days people with tech backgrounds are targeting MBA courses so they climb up the career ladder. This is contributing to the loss of tech experts.
Blame the ladder not the climbers :)
🙋♂️
Modern day car manufacturing and production wizard. Kind of like Henry Ford.
Elon musk is great for human man kind
No! Bernie Sanders is great man for human kind😂😂😂
I'd like to see Elon spend one of his 100 hour weeks improving the service centers and customer service.
I will like to spend more..he his the beat
I have one piece of advice for Mr. Musk: you know those old, grey haired guys that assemble models that look exactly like the one on the box or make Lionel train pieces from scratch, you might seek them out every now and again. The term here is fitment, once you get that down you won't need 12 or 15 hours to do a 5 hour project.
That was an outstanding video on productivity, full of ''cutting edge'' Elon Musk style's common sense and wisdom!
Thanks a lot!
p.s. But you made me work hard on my vocabulary...
English is not my native language.
So I had to search the meaning of the zillion idioms in your video commentary... 🤓
But it was worth it! ✌
Then you did a good job. No grammatical or syntax mistakes. If you hadn't mentioned English was your second language I wouldn't have known.
@@tomboard1
Thanks a lot for you reply! It is encouraging!
But my comment was short...
It is more challenging not to make mistakes in a long text.
Luckily we have grammatical corrector software that is available to help. 👍
p.s. Truth be told, I didn't used it for the comment I made or my reply to you. 😌 😊
1:45 Aggressive security personnel of elon musk
Before Elon Musk, former General Electric engineers Bill & Dave had a similar hands-on approach, which they called Management By Wandering About, as they took Hewlett-Packard from a garage in Palo Alto to become one of the world's leading tech companies.
Everyone: He's my mentor
Me:. Why a bus-in-essman is getting so popular, even more than Tony Stark 🤔
He definitely has an office in SpaceX, it’s been on many videos...
Yes! More business leaders at every level need to rethink their principles and how they actually effect their company's productivity.
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Elon Musk is my favorite CEO! Keep going Musk. Change the world for the better.
I definitely believe in non traditional methods to achieve your goals... That's innovation itself. Musk is also obsessed with work. But he gets the results in. I'm from South Africa btw. Elon was brought up here.
His head is all the office he needs
You don't have to work more than 20 hours a week if you are a genius. 80/20. But Elon is always in lack of time and money, so he has to go 100/100.
I hope he will have good health to continue working on his innovation and fulfill his great dream.
My favorite thing about Elon is how much democrats despise him.
Power napping would help lift the stress
Please bring back that L'effet Mer intro
All the work stations are mini Offices for the respective workplace. Only matters needed at the particular station should be contained therein for maximum storage utilization and optimum movement and decision making
I also don't have an office.
When Elon was in Adelaide with the battery project he spoke to a gathering about mars...the newspaper's thought he was a bit of a con man but he has proved them otherwise since then... and is in fact inspirational to all, even the newspaper's mostly agree with this now.
Democrats still insist he is a con man.
Some would rather keep it in their Heads. My husband was like that. He was nearly a Genius but he died young and left me. Only at 55 years old. He rarely slept.
I find it amazing that people can work that many hours per week in any given field and their quality of work and mental functioning doesn't ostensibly suffer.
I think it's a momentum thing. Like when you're painting, every time you stop you have to close up the paint, clean and store the brushes properly, clean yourself up and change clothes. When you get ready to continue the job, it's almost like you are starting all over again, repeating the setup. And if you're trying to solve a problem, sometimes you lose your page and have to figure out where you were when you stopped. Whereas if you work continuously the momentum helps get your creative juices flowing, and even when you stop for a quick nap it seems like your mind is still working on the problem while you are sleeping. Problem solving requires concentration, and concentration is not so much a matter of thinking hard about what you are doing. It's more about not having anything else on your mind BUT what you are doing, eliminating distractions that can break your train of thought just when you are on the verge of a breakthrough.
I’ve seen Boardroom conference tables that slept as many as 18 executives.
Lol
Elon Musk- he's no Trevor Milton! ROFLMAO!!!
He is a phenomenon
He doesn’t have an ‘office’ because, he has a building. Simple as that.
When he first began he didn't have an office. did you watch the video?
And a jet.
@@leonhenry4861 yesss
Of course he has an office, probably a home one.
Funny to hear that he does not have an office, while showing him sitting in his office. His mentality flies in the face of most management guru’s regarding work. We learned to balance work and home time. Get in at a reasonable time, leave at a reasonable time. Family first. Work/life balance. Perhaps that is the advice for us troglodytes and not for the entrepreneurs such as him. I love what I do, and have achieved great success at it. I put in way too many hours as it is, many times 70+ hours per week, but you’ll never see me sleeping at the office. My own bed is far more comfortable!! And there is a beautiful lady next to me!!
And while this sounds great to hear about how they conduct business, it’s not new. All one has to do is read up on the story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works. He moved all engineers to the production line and eliminated all offices for them, so they could be right there as work was being completed in the aircraft that were being made. That ensured greater adherence to schedules, and that issues were caught right then and there before they moved down the line. Johnson was definitely ahead of his time.
I’m not disagreeing with what he’s saying or how he living his life. It works for him and that’s great. More power to him. I wish I had his drive and intelligence. In many respects, he is someone to emulate. And they’ve achieved some excellent milestones for sure.
I literally just watched an interview where he said 90% of the quotes from this video.
I love watching everything he says
Love people that enjoy making videos about others
I have really changed my mind about Elon Musk. Controversial? Yes. But he walks the walk, and I respect that. And he is ruthlessly honest about what it takes to succeed.
I have a better appreciation for this man. Never knew this about Musk and OMG what a work ethic he has.
I'm all for work ethic, but at what cost? Working 100 hours a week, he has 9 hours a day to sleep and do everything other than work. I mean I don't feel bad for him, if he likes that, more power to him...but it's not a very balanced life. I think most people would start shutting down trying to maintain that kinds of lifestyle. But we all know Elon is actually a robot from an alien race.
Elon doing good job
It's kind of like an open-plan office. I could never work at an open-plan office, and having my own office would be amazing, I love Elon musk but this is one thing I don't agree with him personally. Some people might on this topic, I do not. Powerpoint is a useful asset to tell people stuff, managing finances is required to keep the business alive (Even if Elon doesn't care about profit, you still need to manage finance) and conference rooms are great places for executives to gather. An office... is a matter of personal preference I would love to have an office and have to at least have my own small cubicle, but that's my opinion. I need the privacy though. Most other things I do agree on though.
The dead iron man was surrounded by robots, real life one is surrounded by life saving EV friendly cars. I should make a 2d animation for this wow!
I really admire his work ethic
Amen to where CEO should come from! Bloody MBAs make my life ouch sometimes as an engineer
Lol, I'm an engineer going back for an MBA specifically so I can break in and fix that shit. Not gonna lie tho. I felt a little attacked. 😆
Maybe he had an uncle in the furniture business and they wanted the proto type the Elongo sofa 🤣🤣🤣 it would be a must have in almost every social climbers lounge
I work in a jaguar factory that makes roofs. and every time there is a robot callibration issue. I need to walk from one end of the factory to another (like 15min walk) and tell the mechanics what's going on. They usually don't give a fck about it unless u literally stand next to them and basically be a pain in the ass for them.
Then they eventually show up but this guy can't do it cause he's new, this one maybe can do it, this one can try but prefers to call the main engineer. When Main engineer comes he plugs in his laptop, sits on it for the next 20-30min and when the Manager comes asking "WTF?" the engineer tells him some random complicated mechanical words that he won't understand because he sits in office 8hrs everyday on Facebook and Powerpaint.
So the main engineer usually tells him he will fix it in a few WEEKS and the manager says "very well"
Luckily we've got a second cell on which we can work night shifts in case the first cell fcks up otherwise I'd be job less lol
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Respect Mr Musk!
On that scale of his Business I agree with everything. A little Business should do more Marketing and Sales. The Produkt dont need to be the best in the world to make 100k a year
No office and he fired his personal assistant too. The most hands on CEO in the history of entrepreneurship… who actually manages 6 multibillion dollar companies. A feat NEVER done by any other human in world history.
MBWA--Management By Walking Around👍👍
So it sounds like Elon rocked at SNL tonight.
He was actually funny.
I knew he would be.
Every thing is worth doing no matter how hard it is on you when you love what you do.