Elon Musk takes multitasking to the extreme
With three executive job titles (as CEO of SpaceX, CEO of Tesla Motors, and chairman of SolarCity), five kids and a wildly ambitious — indeed out-of-this-world — vision for the future of technology, it's hard to see when the 44-year-old Elon Musk gets the six to six-and-a-half hours of sleep he says he averages a night.
Writer Max Chafkin, in a 2007 profile of Musk, noted, "To get through the day, Musk relies on two stimulants: caffeine and a desire to help humanity colonize Mars."
Musk, who divides his week between SpaceX and Tesla Motors, has also perfected the art of multitasking: He sends emails while scanning invoices, holds meetings and takes care of business on his phone at the same time, and even texts with his children on his lap (an admission that gathered no small amount of criticism from the public).
While he officially clocks in no more than 15 hours at the office, he has said that he doesn't ever stop working. With these round-the-clock responsibilities, it seems understandable that the most effective way to save time is by doing everything at once.
Few of us have the desire to clock 15 hour days, or to head multibillion-dollar companies. But, getting more done in less time will give you more time to focus on whatever it is that really matters to you.
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