Work As Hard As Elon Musk: 4 Productivity Techniques You Can Learn To Apply Today

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Elon Musk has the work ethic of a Machine.

Working as hard as Elon Musk is not difficult per se, it’s just about putting in the numbers, but that’s exactly what makes it difficult.

The most challenging thing in obtaining this grit is not what you put in, but what you give up.

Understand that Elon Musk definitely has a phenomenal work ethic, but it didn’t come from nowhere. Here are 4 things he has done that you can apply as well:

1. Remove everything from your home that isn’t work related — Elon Musk actually slept at his office. He surrounded himself with work, lived at his work, and, most importantly, cut out any possibility of distractions at home.
2. Be willing to Sacrifice everything else — When you work 100+ hours a week (~14–15 hours a day), like Elon Musk did, you barely have enough time to sleep and eat, much less for anything else. 168 hours in a week — 100 for work — 8 per day for sleep = 12 hours left in the week to eat, exercise and spend some time with friends. That’s not even 2 hours a day you have for anything else. And remember, this does not account time for you in to relax yet! The average person, working a 40 hour week, has about 72 hours a week to spend on family, friends and themselves.
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