Elon Musk's 6 rules for productivity #shorts

2022-12-11 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:53 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: List of tips or lessons · tags: Lesson from a book

Ali reads out six rules for productivity that he says Elon Musk sent to Tesla staff in a leaked email: avoid large and frequent meetings, leave meetings you add nothing to, avoid jargon, ignore the chain of command and use common sense over silly rules.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Elon Musk's six rules for productivity from his email to Tesla staff

★ Ali says the six rules for productivity come from a leaked email Elon Musk sent to the staff at Tesla. — 00:00:00 · Tesla
★★ Elon Musk (quoted): Elon Musk's first rule for productivity: avoid large meetings, because most people in them either are not contributing or will not be affected by the decisions made. — 00:00:00
★★ Elon Musk (quoted): Elon Musk's second rule for productivity: avoid frequent meetings; unless something is very urgent, regular meetings are never necessary, and most things can be solved by text or email. — 00:00:00
★★ Elon Musk (quoted): Elon Musk's third rule for productivity: leave a meeting as soon as it is obvious you are not adding value, since wasting people's time is ruder than suddenly leaving. — 00:00:00
★★ Elon Musk (quoted): Elon Musk's fourth rule for productivity: avoid technical jargon; at a company like Tesla, acronyms and jargon make communication harder and waste people's time. — 00:00:00 · Tesla
★★ Elon Musk (quoted): Elon Musk's fifth rule for productivity: forget the chain of command, because going through several tiers of management for a decision makes everything move too slowly. — 00:00:29
★★ Elon Musk (quoted): Elon Musk's sixth rule for productivity: use your common sense; if a company rule is obviously ridiculous in a particular situation, do not follow it. — 00:00:29

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Central: Elon Musk

Also: Tesla

Only in the description or credits: Twitter

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