Eric Partaker breaks down six productivity rules from a leaked Elon Musk email: skip large meetings, communicate directly instead of through hierarchy, leave if you're not adding value, and prioritize clarity over cleverness.
In a leaked company email, Elon Musk shared his six rules for productivity, and they are surprisingly good. Number one, avoid large meetings. Don't schedule a large meeting unless everybody gains from it. Number two, ditch frequent meetings. Don't disrupt your team's workflow unless absolutely necessary. Number three leave if you're not contributing. Leaving a meeting is not rude, but wasting everybody's time is. Number four, forget the chain of command. Communicate directly with colleagues instead of through supervisors and managers. Number five be clear, not clever. Avoid technical language and make the message easy to understand. And number six, use common sense. Rules are not meant to be applied uniformly. Follow principles instead of rules. And if you want even more practical ways to skyrocket your productivity, grab a free digital copy of my best selling book, the Three Alarms Comment Book, and I'll send it to you for free.
