6 Tips from Elon Musk to Anyone Who Wants to Be Successful
The most ambitious electric cars in the history of transportation with Tesla, reusable vehicles with SpaceX, the first private company to send people into space...
The most ambitious electric cars in the history of transportation with Tesla, reusable vehicles with SpaceX, the first private company to send people into space...
Tesla is the first private company to launch the most ambitious electric cars in the history of transportation and to send people into space. SpaceX with reusable rockets, Boring Company Tunnels that solve the traffic problem with... Elon Musk must have a lot of merits as a manager that he is at the top of all these processes. Of course, the world's best engineers and astronomers work in the companies he manages.
Elon Musk, who started his entrepreneurial journey with X.com and developed online payment systems, is among the first names to lay the foundations of today's online banking systems. In other words, the experiences Musk gained during his journey guide his companies and investments today. Thanks to these experiences, he manages to be among the richest people in the world. The most important point that distinguishes him from other rich people is An autocratic, normative and non-military approach to management adoption.
We still have a lot to tell about the 49-year-old entrepreneur's companies. The world's largest battery, artificial intelligence, solar energy tiles, this list goes on... Instead of counting these and just reading about each new success, we can listen to the success advice from his own mouth.
“Long meetings waste people's time.”
“Large meetings with excessive agendas are one of the biggest problems of giant companies, and the quality of these meetings deteriorates over time. Get rid of all big meetings and try to finish meetings as quickly as possible. Unless dealing with an extremely urgent matter avoid frequent meetings. Meeting frequency should drop rapidly once the emergency is resolved.”
“If you don't need to attend the meeting, don't attend.”
“You haven't created any value leave a meeting or leave a conversation. It is not rude to leave a place, but it is rude to hold someone by force or to waste time and make them waste by staying.”
“Avoid confusing jargon, speak simply”
“Do not use abbreviations or meaningless words for objects, software, or processes. In general, Anything that requires explanation hinders communication. “We don't want people to memorize a dictionary to work at Tesla.”
“Don't let chain of command structures make things less efficient.”
“Communication should take the shortest route necessary to get the job done, not through the 'chain of command.' Any manager who imposes the chain of command will soon be looking for work elsewhere (referring to Tesla executives. All employees are reading these lines).”
“If you need to contact someone, do it directly.”
"The main source of the problems is the poor communication between people. The way to solve this is to allow the free flow of information between all levels. When something needs to be done between units, such structures always have to talk to a higher authority. When the people who actually do the job first talk to the unit managers, they talk to the managers, the managers to the general managers, and the general managers to the presidents, things get very complicated. Super stupid things happen. It is necessary to speak directly and do only the right thing.”
“Don't waste time following stupid rules”
"Always choose common sense as your guide. If there is a 'company rule,' you should break or change that rule if it would cause something ridiculous in a particular situation."
Every business is unique. Let’s explore how we can tailor these ideas to your own digital project.
