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What's unfortunate is that on the other side of the coin, "rockstar CEOs" like Elon Musk claim they sleep 4 hours a night and work 90 hour weeks. I think Musk d

by dvt 7y ago

What's unfortunate is that on the other side of the coin, "rockstar CEOs" like Elon Musk claim they sleep 4 hours a night and work 90 hour weeks. I think Musk does this mostly for publicity/image reasons and not that it's actually true, but you've got plenty of wantapreneurs parroting this (imo) unhealthy lifestyle.

tim333 7y ago
Reddit AMA: >How much do you sleep per night, on average? >ElonMuskOfficial: I actually measured this with my phone! Almost exactly 6 hours on average. The 4 hour thing seems kind of made up by journalists for clickbait as far as I can tell from a brief google. Though he was up last night working on Starship stuff that seems quite cool https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1210649166407438336 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1210649166407438336
system16 7y ago
With the inordinate amount of time Musk spends on Twitter, I'm gonna go ahead and assume most of those 90 hours are not productive.
- paxys 7y ago
  Considering the amount of publicity he gets from Twitter, they can definitely be considered productive.
  - susijdjdjxa 7y ago
    I wouldn’t count it as productive when the outcome is he has to spend time in court explaining himself later. I’d venture to guess the time spends directing his employees is whether all the productivity happens.
- xiphias2 7y ago
  Most people (and competitors) underappreciate how well Elon manages requirements over Twitter. If you want to know why he selected the features for the Cybertruck, go back 1 year when he asked the desired features on Twitter. It's crazy how many of those small looking features (like a bed for normal sized / tall people, lighting in the back) were included in all models.
  - tim333 7y ago
    Also he's averaged about 2 tweets a day over the hols and it's often less. It's probably not a huge amount of time.
zarkov99 7y ago
There is anecdotal information that he does indeed do what he claims. And he is the most impressive CEO in this generation, perhaps in history, so long hours must work for some people.
- dvt 7y ago
  > ... he is the most impressive CEO in this generation, perhaps in history How anyone can say this with a straight face blows my mind when even in the tech vertical he has some serious competition (are we forgetting about Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, etc.), let alone actual historical figures like Henry Ford, John Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, etc.
  - CydeWeys 7y ago
    It's too early to judge. If he accomplishes his goal of establishing permanent and self-sustaining human settlements on other worlds then he may end up being the most important person ever, not just CEO. His goals, at least, are ambitious in a way that those of the other people you mentioned aren't (except possibly Bezos, but Bezos doesn't laser focus on this stuff the same way Musk does).
    - DreamScatter 7y ago
      There is no such thing as the most important person ever... all he did was fund some interesting ideas, which other people actually built. If we are going to single someone out for being the most important person ever, then that person would need to have some enormous achievement completed without the help of others.
  - mikeg8 7y ago
    >How anyone can say this with a straight face blows my mind Elon is the only person to ever start four 1bn+ companies (paypal, tesla, SpaceX, Solarcity). He has/is driving innovation across multiple industries on a time scale that I don't think any of the people you mentioned can really touch, not to mention hyperloop and the Boring Company. Its not even debatable IMO.
slumdev 7y ago
> sleep 4 hours a night This is not healthy or impressive, and it may be the first sign of dementia for many people.
- deleted 7y ago
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smileysteve 7y ago
And we've seen the news stories here that his employees would hope he wouldn't "work" at their department because he'd often change things or otherwise slow them down affecting quality and quantity
ilrwbwrkhv 7y ago
He runs three companies which are changing the future of humanity though. Not some ecommerce gig. He is an outlier.

by dvt 7y ago

tim333 7y ago

Reddit AMA: >How much do you sleep per night, on average? >ElonMuskOfficial: I actually measured this with my phone! Almost exactly 6 hours on average. The 4 hour thing seems kind of made up by journalists for clickbait as far as I can tell from a brief google. Though he was up last night working on Starship stuff that seems quite cool https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1210649166407438336 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1210649166407438336

system16 7y ago

With the inordinate amount of time Musk spends on Twitter, I'm gonna go ahead and assume most of those 90 hours are not productive.

paxys 7y ago
Considering the amount of publicity he gets from Twitter, they can definitely be considered productive.
- susijdjdjxa 7y ago
  I wouldn’t count it as productive when the outcome is he has to spend time in court explaining himself later. I’d venture to guess the time spends directing his employees is whether all the productivity happens.
xiphias2 7y ago
Most people (and competitors) underappreciate how well Elon manages requirements over Twitter. If you want to know why he selected the features for the Cybertruck, go back 1 year when he asked the desired features on Twitter. It's crazy how many of those small looking features (like a bed for normal sized / tall people, lighting in the back) were included in all models.
- tim333 7y ago
  Also he's averaged about 2 tweets a day over the hols and it's often less. It's probably not a huge amount of time.

zarkov99 7y ago

There is anecdotal information that he does indeed do what he claims. And he is the most impressive CEO in this generation, perhaps in history, so long hours must work for some people.

dvt 7y ago
> ... he is the most impressive CEO in this generation, perhaps in history How anyone can say this with a straight face blows my mind when even in the tech vertical he has some serious competition (are we forgetting about Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, etc.), let alone actual historical figures like Henry Ford, John Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, etc.
- CydeWeys 7y ago
  It's too early to judge. If he accomplishes his goal of establishing permanent and self-sustaining human settlements on other worlds then he may end up being the most important person ever, not just CEO. His goals, at least, are ambitious in a way that those of the other people you mentioned aren't (except possibly Bezos, but Bezos doesn't laser focus on this stuff the same way Musk does).
  - DreamScatter 7y ago
    There is no such thing as the most important person ever... all he did was fund some interesting ideas, which other people actually built. If we are going to single someone out for being the most important person ever, then that person would need to have some enormous achievement completed without the help of others.
- mikeg8 7y ago
  >How anyone can say this with a straight face blows my mind Elon is the only person to ever start four 1bn+ companies (paypal, tesla, SpaceX, Solarcity). He has/is driving innovation across multiple industries on a time scale that I don't think any of the people you mentioned can really touch, not to mention hyperloop and the Boring Company. Its not even debatable IMO.

slumdev 7y ago

> sleep 4 hours a night This is not healthy or impressive, and it may be the first sign of dementia for many people.

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smileysteve 7y ago

And we've seen the news stories here that his employees would hope he wouldn't "work" at their department because he'd often change things or otherwise slow them down affecting quality and quantity

ilrwbwrkhv 7y ago

He runs three companies which are changing the future of humanity though. Not some ecommerce gig. He is an outlier.