LESSON 01 (1:52): it's not about money. its about solving problems. LESSON 02 (3:57): Optimize ruthlessly for what matters. LESSON 03 (6:18): Minimize task switching. LESSON 04 (8:31): Go bigger than anybody can possibly comprehend.
@@georgesaviour6974 you don’t need to change the world. Go bigger than anyone would imagine YOU would do. Just don’t be naive amd confuse fantasy with action based on asking the right questions and acting on the answers
Elon inspired me to just keep on moving in the direction I think is best - Alan Watts taught me the beauty of life and consciousness and that it thrives to evolve - Eckhart Tolle taught me to not believe every fucking thought my brain spits out - and you taught me the subtle arts of not giving a single fucking fuck and the okayishness of shit being shit ❤️ You're such a great inspiration, love your work! ❤️
@@gerimujo3650 I'd love to, thanks for asking! So, I mostly read non-fiction and 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck' by Mark Manson is criminally good :D Then for a philosophical chill, I read Erich Fromm (e.g., "To Have or to Be?" is a really good pick but basically everything he wrote is a mind blow). And for finding inner peace, I'd recommend Eckhart Tolle's "Power of Now" which is kind of like a comprehensible guide back to yourself. Btw, I'm reading "Utopia for Realists" by Rutger Bregman at the moment and it gave me more hope in the future (of humanity) than anything before^^ Fiction-wise, if you're more into stories, I'd recommend classics like "Alice in Wonderland" (Lewis Carroll), because it's simply beautiful (just as 'Wizard of Oz' (L. Frank Baum)); then "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (Robert Louis Stevenson) which is kinda disturbing but in a very interesting way - and a more chaotic and completely differently written one: "A Clockwork Orange" (Anthony Burgess) which felt like an adventure to read and decode (you'll see what I mean if you don't know it anyway^^) I hope there's something for you in here, and wish you a nice read! ^-^ Oh, and a secret tip if you don't have much money: there's a non-dubious webpage for a lot of free full-book PDFs which is called z-lib(dot)org :)
*5 things to quit right now:* *1. Overthinking* *2. Trying to make everyone happy* *3. Living in the past* *4. Worrying* *5. Doubting yourself…* Love from a small channel💙
@Serajdin Ahmed The definition of overthinking is 'thinking too much'. That implies it is NOT good for you. The cause of overthinking can be the tendency to be curious and motivated to understand things (personality trait intellect), which could be good for you indeed.
This time I decided to watch your video together with my son who is graduating from the high school this year. For the first time I saw him getting interested in reading a book: your book. He loved your style. I am sure this will help him a lot in building his future path properly. Thank you very much for all the great knowledge and insights!
I want to see the credentials and a psychiatric assessment of every expert who says "If someone's gonna solve climate change, it's gonna be Elon Musk".
The emperor has no clothes.... By 2022, Musk has exposed himself. That said, one can always learn something from someone, even a major D with a messiah complex.
From what I can understand on this subject, you need more than money and batteries to make electric cars; you need mega amounts of rare natural resources. At this point, it doesn’t look like they are good for the environment.
and, you're absolutely correct, it costs much less to invest into excellent public mass transport, regardless of what fuel it uses, it's a lot better for the environment than cars are.
I have read your book and have been following you on TH-cam since 2 years. You have influenced my thought process more than anybody else. Keep going Mark
"Someone who can't sacrifice anything, can't never change anything. That to defeat a monster, you have to be willing to throw aside your humanity". Armin Alert from Attack on Titan.
Corporations are what you get when you throw away your humanity. Cold, calculating, efficient, not giving any fucks at all besides growing endlessly, whatever is the cost.
it is right when you said that elon musk and bill gates are bringing incredible progress to the world and are generating a lot of wealth, but the problem comes when this progress is not shared equally among everyone. the rich have been getting richer and richer, but the common middle class has not seen a proportionate rise in their incomes and livelihoods.
Robert Greene, he changed my life. I was spellbound by his books. Now I love history, philosophy, and psychology. Before him I loved booze, reality shows, and FB. I’m not judging, but now that I’m in my 40s, it’s not a good look for me. Thanks for the video.
Love it. The fact that you made such a big shift, that you had the will and determination to follow your curiosity and made this shift, and the courage to admit that you were spending your time on completely different, in my opinion, less productive and not nurturing things. And I love that you shared your personal story instead of copy and pasting another quote that tickled your brain for a moment, but did nothing to incorporate it into your life, like most people. Instead of posting a quote about courage, curiosity and getting out of your comfort zone, you told us how you actually did that. All the best.
@@gracefitzgerald2227 I think good actions and words on social media should be appreciated and pointed out. That's the only way to shape these platforms into something helpful, useful and place where we really connect :)
I recommended to my teachers in fifth grade that they schedule a whole day or half of the day for one class because i thought we would learn better when we don't switch in-between all these different topics all day Seems like I actually had a good idea 💡
I have to say this is the first video that I've seen from you where I'm thinking, "I don't want to be anything like this guy." Seven kids? 3 different marriages? Some of the observations you make are true, for example, be a problem solver. Being ruthless has to come with a caveat. I appreciate his accomplishments, but looking at his personal life and how he treats people, the guy is an asshole.
@@nicoleni7192 "find something more important than what people on the internet are saying" How is that a counter point to what @ronsamplw6116 said? (Which I agree with)
I was wondering why I'm exhausted at work on some days, and why I'm energized after some, even with the same amount of work. Turns out, on days where I'm energized after, I do a ton less task switching!!!! Thanks Mark!!!
"Haters always occur proportionally to audacity." That's not only a harsh truth but a universal one, too. It doesn't seem to matter what domain or even the culture involved, there will always be people who attack anything that they're not capable of doing themselves. What a great video, Mark. Even the "ramble" at the end had value.
I find they also tend to be proportional to success and or expensive purchases. _"Ryan has been acting like a little bitch since he got that new Lexus.. "_
I find my parents inspiring: my Mum always fights for what she thinks is right, and my Dad rode his bike through America when he was in his early 20s which is really cool
Hey Mark, usually I'd get to agree with you, but in this case, it's quite a bit harder. Elon Musk amassed a huge amount of power in his hands and seems to manage this power well, but it's incredibly easy to get corrupt with it. Realistically, how projects like Tesla and SpaceX are going to be beneficial for the lower class? While I wouldn't advocate for pure charity for the sake of looking good, pushing for free education and higher life quality would do way more impact on humanity than those really nice and really expensive dreams. Our main responsibility is to grow up as humans and become better generally, together, not channel our personal efficiency and be able to not give a fuck. People like Musk or Gates do a lot of good stuff with the power they possess but are they really doing it for the sake of people? Wouldn't you consider this flamboyant lifestyle and attitude just another publicity manoeuvre improving the ever-growing Tesla stock? And speaking of that fired assistant accident - wouldn't it be better for Musk to find her a better job or give her feedback over the course of time? She was unaware of her own uselessness all that time, and that's his fault as well. I don't think this kind of not giving a fuck is okay at all. P.S. And having 4 wives and 7 children (of which one has died) is not exactly a good thing if you think about how much time a father can have for any of his offspring during his 6/7-day working weeks. Also, switching women like gloves kinda shows that either there are likely some personal problems too. Don't idolize him for being efficient at procreating and marrying many times, please :)
TRUE ALPHA Men like Musk SHOULD procreate with as many women as they could fit in their schedule. The man is a genius and handsome to boot, his DNA alone is worth passing on. He needs to choose better quality mates, though. His last wife is not exactly A+ material, so the man is human after all.
I don't want to be anything like Elon. I like him well enough, but my journey isn't his. Why are we looking up to these extraordinary people who share so little with common humanity?
4 things I learn from musk: 1) be born into family rich from blood money from apartheid. 2) don’t come up with anything, just steal and take credit for others passions/ideas and take over like a parasitic-psychopath with 0 conscience. 3) get a nice hair transplant. 4) Take credit and preach things like ‘hustling’ 100 hours a week when in reality all you’re doing is delegating with an iron fist like a tyrant and taking credit from overworked employees while being the face of the company like a lizard person pretending to be a human.
I don't think solving climate change is enough. I don't want to criticize Mark Manson but I think changing pls mind and ending wars is what we need to do. Ppl need to learn from their mistakes and Tesla only show how much countries are after money and therefore more wars.
what I find inspiring is how you see things and how you turn them into life lessons. keep doing it, and I will too, it really helps me a lot to focus on what I want to give a fuck about.
Musk is an off the chart genius... you can't argue with someone who is always right... When I heard the 😂 Mars deal, I thought he made a wrong turn. Now I am looking for info to get on the waiting list to board.
Hey Mark I don't care what you are talking about. I just let your videos play and it cures whatever psychological problem I had most of the times. Your attitude and humor has some effect nothing else on the internet has. One request: please make a lot of videos, as many of possible. Don't care about thee content, whatever you have to say will have great benefit for us.
Switching tasks is truly exhausting, I spent 12 hours behind my piano yesterday and didn't get tired as much as I did today in my university classes....
TIMESTAMP: 1:48 -> It's not about money. It's about solving problems. 4:00 -> Optimize ruthlessly for what matters. 6:20 -> Minimize task switching. [very important IMO] 8:31 -> Go bigger than anybody can possibly comprehend.
Hi Mark, I have read your book and recently came across this youtube channel. I find your videos very helpful and inspiring. You have a great sense of humour which makes it funny and educative at the same time! Cheers
Now it's one year later and my perceptions of Musk have changed dramatically, for the worse. I used to have a lot of respect for him for just the reasons you state. I believe he's changed the world. If only he could stop talking and tweeting.
The size of "the pie" has never been the problem, the problem is in the distribution. If we don't deal with our societal problems before exploiting/exploring other planets we will end up being a disruptive species everywhere we go. The guy is clearly smart and he has done so good contributions but he is human and with the good, we must also discuss the bad (we are after all complicated beings). Whether batteries are going to solve climate change or just deplete the resources of our lands is something that we'll see play out soon enough.
Thank you for all of your videos you’re putting up. I purchased your book and never read it. My mother died during the pandemic and I lost my momentum. Your videos are getting me out of the hole. Started reading your book today. “Subtle art of not giving a f*ck is brilliant.” You are awesome!
I like Elon's basis of solving problems which require going back to the fundamentals of any subject or field. Some problems are a result of stuff being constructed on top of errors made on the building blocks of a situation. Going back to the fundamentals will help rebuild something correctly.
Honestly when it comes to complex problems, unless you actually are starting from scratch and inventing something, that approach can be naive. As a programmer for 15+ years it's a pretty well-known thing among more experienced developers, that on any big project that's been worked on for a number of years, there will be an impulse to "just do a rewrite". It starts to feel like a mess. Sometimes it's the right thing to do but very very often it's not. The image in your mind of a nice lean clean sparkly replacement is idealized and the "mess" is often what years worth of solved problems looks like. The reason most older devs know this is a lot of devs go through a phase where they've learned enough to think they're pretty hot, but haven't experienced enough to know what they don't know. It's a naive overconfidence that comes from thinking you know way more than you really do, feeling convinced that anyone who can't see it the way you think you do is just not on your level, and it can be lead to bad decisions and a lot of wasted effort. Musk really seems to believe he's just way smarter than everyone else and that he can run anything in a radical new better way just by winging it. And if he fails it's actually the world's fault for not being ready for his ideas... it's infalsifiable. Any programmer watching what was happening at Twitter recently and following posts by the Twitter engineers should be able to see how he just tries to bullshit his way through management. His companies don't need him. Anyway. Sometimes fundamentals are good. Being radical can be good. But it's just never so simple if you are working in the real world and not just in philosophy.
I've been following Elon for about 8 years now. I always bring him into a conversation with friends but haven't found a single friend with the same enthusiasm I have towards Elon Musk. I made a few videos about him on my channel but can't find Filipino audience to understand how important his visions are. But I don't care. I like him I respect him, I'm currently applying his advice that resonated to the fiber of my being. "Work like hell". Soon people will find out why Neil Degrasse Tyson said that Musk is the most important person alive.
Its super helpful advice about not task switching. I started trying to group my tasks into creative days and rational task days and I found it really helps out.
@@floreamihai3852 yes. He can handle these tasks but why as a multi billioner with amazing companies you cant give her a raise of like 0.000000000000010 percent of the companies income. Elon musk is nice and all but he just projects psycho vibes all around.
@@MishazBts the thing is i don't like the idea of idolising those big popular people just because of how important and influential they are. I don't know the guy personally so i try not to judge but these people being considered the end all be all hero that we all have to aspire to be is wrong.
@@floreamihai3852 i totally agree . Like everyone has different morals sometimes its just not meant to be for people that have more empathy to become mega multi trillioners , money is a goal but not the most important.
@@MishazBts Why are you so one-sided? How about empathy on the part of assistant who worked so long with him and was not empathic enough to find ways to be useful? She was merciless! And got fired for that. Totally justified.
I think what's important to say when it comes to top high performing individuals like Elon Musk, is that yes, their discipline is probably crazy and they stick to their routines no matter what, but also.... to be able to withstand this, there is enormous genetic component to it. Barely anyone is able to do it. Should we still be inspired? Hell yeah! Should we compare ourself directly to Elon? Unless you don't wanna be miserable for your whole life, definitely not.
As a person with the same diagnosis as Elon, the fact that he's on the spectrum and did all of this makes it even more remarkable! I'd love it if you'd broach that topic of succeeding with neurodivergent conditios in future videos :)
Conditions are what you make of them, you can make them become your entire identity and constantly read about them etc where inevitably because of the focus the condition will likely get worse, or you can do what Elon does, Elon never ever says he has asperges or autism but he remembers the struggle so refers to them always in past tense... "when I had asperges" I've been doing the same for around 6 months I avoid talking about it at all costs, it isn't my identity, it was just a thing that held me back for a long time back when I had autism.
@@LoadingRetroGames Denying reality for short term pleasure isn't a good thing. Having autism sucks but you've got to make the most of the situation as you don't know what you're capable of. You could be the next Elon Musk or just your average citizen.
@@LoadingRetroGames Understanding things that you can't change is important. For example I hate loud music and there's no ignoring that lol. If I ignored that problem then I would go to concerts and not avoid loud music which would suck.
That "blocks of time" idea is new to me. Never heard of it before. Thanks!!! I actually heard of Elon Musk's weekly travel schedule, but I never knew that there was an superior efficiency reasoning behind it!
For sure strict time-boxing, 1st Principles approach to every task, and living by his motto "the best part is no part" has been a game-changer for me personally and professionally the last few years, measurably.
I've read Musk's biography couple of months ago. Like you said, I thought what the actual f*ck I'm doing with my life! He is such an inspiration. What amused me most is his work ethic & discipline & the constant urge to make the world a better place.
Hi Mark, I love your videos and even if I change my mind about Elon quite a time ago, I still find that these life lessons are valuable. Still, I think the point that you make in life lesson 4 about space industry elevating people lifes from the bottom is way too utopian for me. I don't think space exploration is something valuable today and something that can help us solve social injustice, economic crisis or reduce climate change. In fact I think is quite the opposite. Space exploration has always, and will always be , in the near future, a political matter. And in that context, it isn't the first problem I would think about when it comes to solve problems.
I suppose the help starlink gave to Ukraine doesn't provide any value. Or Iran or my internet now actually being usable now thanks to starlink. Or the many people starlink has helped.
The video has reenforced in me the idea of doing one thing in depth the whole day rather than switching between multiple tasks. A major inspirational figure? Well.. Mark Manson himself.
I always found Michael Jordan to be really inspiring. I’ve been doing a program with his Trainer, Tim Grover, and starting to pick up traits of the winning mindset that they have, and I find it really inspiring.
Thank you Mark! Just what I need to hear. I've been mentally exhausted switching work everyday and which work to focus more on. It's something I've always known but never realize that it's the reason for this mentally fatigue and that has given me a lot of stress. Thank you for pointing out that!
Economy doesn't work in cascade, Mark... It will never work unless you oblige big enterprises to do that through taxes. If not, hig money will stay in the pockets of big people. Macron, the president of France tried that too and failed miserably and only reinforced lobbying and division through the population.
Hmmm, a year later and Elon’s brand isn’t aging so well. Perhaps a fifth lesson can be taken from his twitter misadventure, his embrace of Kanye and his casual drift into right wing politics: If you’re looking for examples of people who work smarter, not harder and think big there are many more ethical folks to learn from other than a ruthless narcissistic megalomaniac with authoritarian tendencies. His lack of ethics and morals in the examples provided were not inspiring to me and I seriously doubt he has any great benevolent purpose behind all of his enterprises beyond his pursuit of wealth, power and fame.
while i like your argument about musk enlargening the pie for all to benefit from, isn't he the outlier here? aren't most of the super rich just spunking money away on making sure only their pie increases in volume, whether the leftovers for others grow or not?
Most people have smart phones. Even lowerclass comunities. This increased the daily entertainment or accessibility people have to knowledge and people at an unpresidented manner. This is not monetary gain but rather an abstract but objectively improvement on life quality that everyone gained after some years after Jobs i-phone reveal in 2009.
Lesson number 0: look up situational vs dispositional attribution bias and stop attributing character strengths to people who are in a supportive situation that makes it easy to flourish for anyone to begin with.
I like your comment. It's funny. But everybody is ignorant about something, and you are ignorant about Elon Musk, and suffering from bias as well. You are making the false attribution that Elon Musk's situation always granted him success. No, it hasn't. Not only is Elon neurodivergent because of Aspergers Syndrome, it's limitations has meant it hasn't been easy for him, because he finds it hard to relate to people. That is a serious disadvantage when humans are social beings. Nonetheless, he's learned how to conquer that, so that he can get results and make things happen. You could learn something from him. You have the time to write this comment, so you have time to do something really important. Don't waste it
Switching tasks 8 times a day is exactly what we all did in school growing up. 🙄
haha, exactly , I was thinking the same.
🤔🤯so true!
FACT🔥
and then it should stop, after schooling and focus on an interesting work field.
Yes
That's why learned stuff worth 4 years in 12 years 😂
LESSON 01 (1:52): it's not about money. its about solving problems.
LESSON 02 (3:57): Optimize ruthlessly for what matters.
LESSON 03 (6:18): Minimize task switching.
LESSON 04 (8:31): Go bigger than anybody can possibly comprehend.
Elon would approve
Thanks mate
I don't know how to implement lesson 4.
@@georgesaviour6974 you don’t need to change the world. Go bigger than anyone would imagine YOU would do. Just don’t be naive amd confuse fantasy with action based on asking the right questions and acting on the answers
Thanks a lot mate!
Mark Manson is the most inspiring figure for me, you taught me how to look at life differently
Your comment must be pinned. Because that's true for me too!!
ditto
Same!!
True to the word 💯
Exactly bro
Elon inspired me to just keep on moving in the direction I think is best - Alan Watts taught me the beauty of life and consciousness and that it thrives to evolve - Eckhart Tolle taught me to not believe every fucking thought my brain spits out - and you taught me the subtle arts of not giving a single fucking fuck and the okayishness of shit being shit ❤️
You're such a great inspiration, love your work! ❤️
You are so fucking good at LEARNING, I am screenshoting this comment. Thank you. ❤️
@@tagonminmyatpianistandproducer Ohhh what, thank YOU! 😍❤️
I think you read a lot of books can you suggest some?
@@gerimujo3650 I'd love to, thanks for asking!
So, I mostly read non-fiction and 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck' by Mark Manson is criminally good :D
Then for a philosophical chill, I read Erich Fromm (e.g., "To Have or to Be?" is a really good pick but basically everything he wrote is a mind blow).
And for finding inner peace, I'd recommend Eckhart Tolle's "Power of Now" which is kind of like a comprehensible guide back to yourself.
Btw, I'm reading "Utopia for Realists" by Rutger Bregman at the moment and it gave me more hope in the future (of humanity) than anything before^^
Fiction-wise, if you're more into stories, I'd recommend classics like "Alice in Wonderland" (Lewis Carroll), because it's simply beautiful (just as 'Wizard of Oz' (L. Frank Baum)); then "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (Robert Louis Stevenson) which is kinda disturbing but in a very interesting way - and a more chaotic and completely differently written one: "A Clockwork Orange" (Anthony Burgess) which felt like an adventure to read and decode (you'll see what I mean if you don't know it anyway^^)
I hope there's something for you in here, and wish you a nice read! ^-^
Oh, and a secret tip if you don't have much money:
there's a non-dubious webpage for a lot of free full-book PDFs which is called z-lib(dot)org :)
@Speedy thank you
I always tell my friends "No one is thinking about you, they have their own problems.." or something down that line
💯
"Some people will never know how close they came to greatness because they stopped one step short." One Week.
Napolean Hill?
Is one week a book?
@@mathabahassan3471 is it? What’s the book
@@rasheemthebestfirstone3274 I think it’s from “think and grow rich” by Napoleon hill
*5 things to quit right now:*
*1. Overthinking*
*2. Trying to make everyone happy*
*3. Living in the past*
*4. Worrying*
*5. Doubting yourself…*
Love from a small channel💙
@Serajdin Ahmed You are confusing the definition of overthinking with its cause.
5 of the hardest things to not do though!
@Serajdin Ahmed The definition of overthinking is 'thinking too much'. That implies it is NOT good for you.
The cause of overthinking can be the tendency to be curious and motivated to understand things (personality trait intellect), which could be good for you indeed.
Hitler really took number 5 to heart...
6. Postponing.
7. Complaining.
8. Blaming others.
9. Not taking responsibility.
10. Poisoning your body (smoking, drinking, drugs, junk food).
I honestly feel like Mark Manson made more of a difference in my life than Elon Musk.
i agree
I totally agree!!! This dude is awesome
True
... because we can reach out to him
Yeah
When you have the money and a lot of dreams, you do what you want to do in life.
The big jackpot for Musk was meeting Gregory Kouri and Paypal.
This time I decided to watch your video together with my son who is graduating from the high school this year. For the first time I saw him getting interested in reading a book: your book. He loved your style. I am sure this will help him a lot in building his future path properly. Thank you very much for all the great knowledge and insights!
I want to see the credentials and a psychiatric assessment of every expert who says "If someone's gonna solve climate change, it's gonna be Elon Musk".
What's the next big audacious thing you're working on Mark?
The emperor has no clothes.... By 2022, Musk has exposed himself. That said, one can always learn something from someone, even a major D with a messiah complex.
"Switches 8 topics a day is more tiring for your brain"
Sure sounds like school...
That’s why I was always tired last period 😂
I can’t watch stuff about Elon Musk without cringing. Why are we praising rich people? They get richer out of poverty.
From what I can understand on this subject, you need more than money and batteries to make electric cars; you need mega amounts of rare natural resources. At this point, it doesn’t look like they are good for the environment.
and, you're absolutely correct, it costs much less to invest into excellent public mass transport, regardless of what fuel it uses, it's a lot better for the environment than cars are.
I have read your book and have been following you on TH-cam since 2 years. You have influenced my thought process more than anybody else. Keep going Mark
"Someone who can't sacrifice anything, can't never change anything. That to defeat a monster, you have to be willing to throw aside your humanity".
Armin Alert from Attack on Titan.
HAHA this!
spoiler alert..
* laughs in genocide *
Corporations are what you get when you throw away your humanity. Cold, calculating, efficient, not giving any fucks at all besides growing endlessly, whatever is the cost.
it is right when you said that elon musk and bill gates are bringing incredible progress to the world and are generating a lot of wealth, but the problem comes when this progress is not shared equally among everyone. the rich have been getting richer and richer, but the common middle class has not seen a proportionate rise in their incomes and livelihoods.
Robert Greene, he changed my life. I was spellbound by his books. Now I love history, philosophy, and psychology. Before him I loved booze, reality shows, and FB. I’m not judging, but now that I’m in my 40s, it’s not a good look for me. Thanks for the video.
Love it.
The fact that you made such a big shift, that you had the will and determination to follow your curiosity and made this shift, and the courage to admit that you were spending your time on completely different, in my opinion, less productive and not nurturing things.
And I love that you shared your personal story instead of copy and pasting another quote that tickled your brain for a moment, but did nothing to incorporate it into your life, like most people. Instead of posting a quote about courage, curiosity and getting out of your comfort zone, you told us how you actually did that.
All the best.
@@kalash_nikov that was so sweet of you to take the time out of your day to make a stranger’s day. I very much appreciate the kind words.Thank you.😊
Which book ? Mastery? 48 laws?
@@gracefitzgerald2227 I think good actions and words on social media should be appreciated and pointed out. That's the only way to shape these platforms into something helpful, useful and place where we really connect :)
@@alphawavesready6639 48 laws, 33 strategies, seduction, LOHN, 50th law, lastly Mastery(because I’m a bit long in the tooth😉)
I recommended to my teachers in fifth grade that they schedule a whole day or half of the day for one class because i thought we would learn better when we don't switch in-between all these different topics all day
Seems like I actually had a good idea 💡
How about you make your own school where you do so? :) or encourage someone who's already going through that path
Elon is no longer someone to aspire to. He treats other people like peasants.
I have to say this is the first video that I've seen from you where I'm thinking, "I don't want to be anything like this guy." Seven kids? 3 different marriages? Some of the observations you make are true, for example, be a problem solver. Being ruthless has to come with a caveat. I appreciate his accomplishments, but looking at his personal life and how he treats people, the guy is an asshole.
ok. watch 13:02
@@nicoleni7192 "find something more important than what people on the internet are saying"
How is that a counter point to what @ronsamplw6116 said? (Which I agree with)
It's amazing to me to see how often people today will fight (sometimes to their literal death) to defend their ignorance.
I was wondering why I'm exhausted at work on some days, and why I'm energized after some, even with the same amount of work. Turns out, on days where I'm energized after, I do a ton less task switching!!!! Thanks Mark!!!
so true
This didn't age well. IMHO With that said, I too agree with comment below "Mark Manson made more of a difference in my life than Elon Musk".
The concept of reducing task switching is my big takeaway. Made me instantly realize how inefficiently I’m designing my work and even personal life.
People really need to take a proper look into what kind of person musk is and not the facade he puts on, that is a true eye opener!
"Haters always occur proportionally to audacity." That's not only a harsh truth but a universal one, too. It doesn't seem to matter what domain or even the culture involved, there will always be people who attack anything that they're not capable of doing themselves. What a great video, Mark. Even the "ramble" at the end had value.
I find they also tend to be proportional to success and or expensive purchases. _"Ryan has been acting like a little bitch since he got that new Lexus.. "_
@@chozen_juan I agree.
happy not to be audacious. happy to be humble.
@@9000ck hater spotted. Audacity and humbleness are not polar opposite
I find my parents inspiring: my Mum always fights for what she thinks is right, and my Dad rode his bike through America when he was in his early 20s which is really cool
Hey Mark, usually I'd get to agree with you, but in this case, it's quite a bit harder.
Elon Musk amassed a huge amount of power in his hands and seems to manage this power well, but it's incredibly easy to get corrupt with it. Realistically, how projects like Tesla and SpaceX are going to be beneficial for the lower class? While I wouldn't advocate for pure charity for the sake of looking good, pushing for free education and higher life quality would do way more impact on humanity than those really nice and really expensive dreams. Our main responsibility is to grow up as humans and become better generally, together, not channel our personal efficiency and be able to not give a fuck.
People like Musk or Gates do a lot of good stuff with the power they possess but are they really doing it for the sake of people?
Wouldn't you consider this flamboyant lifestyle and attitude just another publicity manoeuvre improving the ever-growing Tesla stock?
And speaking of that fired assistant accident - wouldn't it be better for Musk to find her a better job or give her feedback over the course of time? She was unaware of her own uselessness all that time, and that's his fault as well. I don't think this kind of not giving a fuck is okay at all.
P.S. And having 4 wives and 7 children (of which one has died) is not exactly a good thing if you think about how much time a father can have for any of his offspring during his 6/7-day working weeks. Also, switching women like gloves kinda shows that either there are likely some personal problems too. Don't idolize him for being efficient at procreating and marrying many times, please :)
You know what they say... if it's too good to be true... it probably is...
Totally agree with you.. of all would be like him.. where the hake would ne humanity?
You don't even understand the basics of economy.
TRUE ALPHA Men like Musk SHOULD procreate with as many women as they could fit in their schedule. The man is a genius and handsome to boot, his DNA alone is worth passing on. He needs to choose better quality mates, though. His last wife is not exactly A+ material, so the man is human after all.
@@MilanElan average Elon simp lmfao
I prefer people who came from humbler beginnings rather than the son of Emerald Mining.From SA
"Yo Mark here"
Me: Yeah me as well, you've made me wait long dude.
I don't want to be anything like Elon. I like him well enough, but my journey isn't his. Why are we looking up to these extraordinary people who share so little with common humanity?
On top of his achievements, he survived Amber Heard in one piece!
well this aged very well
4 things I learn from musk:
1) be born into family rich from blood money from apartheid.
2) don’t come up with anything, just steal and take credit for others passions/ideas and take over like a parasitic-psychopath with 0 conscience.
3) get a nice hair transplant.
4) Take credit and preach things like ‘hustling’ 100 hours a week when in reality all you’re doing is delegating with an iron fist like a tyrant and taking credit from overworked employees while being the face of the company like a lizard person pretending to be a human.
Yep!
yeah these were all left out for some reason
Seriously, I don't know how I landed here, but this guy's literally teaching me how to live... Thank you🙏🙏🙏🥺🥺🥺
I don't think solving climate change is enough. I don't want to criticize Mark Manson but I think changing pls mind and ending wars is what we need to do. Ppl need to learn from their mistakes and Tesla only show how much countries are after money and therefore more wars.
what I find inspiring is how you see things and how you turn them into life lessons. keep doing it, and I will too, it really helps me a lot to focus on what I want to give a fuck about.
Musk is an off the chart genius... you can't argue with someone who is always right... When I heard the 😂 Mars deal, I thought he made a wrong turn. Now I am looking for info to get on the waiting list to board.
Mark, you've just become my new favourite person! I've laughed my heart out 🤣🤣🤣 Rock on Mr. F****!
Hey Mark I don't care what you are talking about. I just let your videos play and it cures whatever psychological problem I had most of the times. Your attitude and humor has some effect nothing else on the internet has. One request: please make a lot of videos, as many of possible. Don't care about thee content, whatever you have to say will have great benefit for us.
I disagree that Elon becoming more wealthy will mean everybody becomes more wealthy. That's not how wealth distribution works in the US.
@Alex Ravenclaw do you even know what is capitalism?
Switching tasks is truly exhausting, I spent 12 hours behind my piano yesterday and didn't get tired as much as I did today in my university classes....
TIMESTAMP:
1:48 -> It's not about money. It's about solving problems.
4:00 -> Optimize ruthlessly for what matters.
6:20 -> Minimize task switching. [very important IMO]
8:31 -> Go bigger than anybody can possibly comprehend.
thanks a lot!
Thank for this optimize.
Hi Mark, I have read your book and recently came across this youtube channel. I find your videos very helpful and inspiring. You have a great sense of humour which makes it funny and educative at the same time! Cheers
you need to consider that Elon and Gates both came from a history of “old money” they were not random hardworking ppl.
grats on 300k. Love your book btw!
Ooh, this video hasn't held up well, has it?
Now it's one year later and my perceptions of Musk have changed dramatically, for the worse. I used to have a lot of respect for him for just the reasons you state. I believe he's changed the world. If only he could stop talking and tweeting.
The size of "the pie" has never been the problem, the problem is in the distribution. If we don't deal with our societal problems before exploiting/exploring other planets we will end up being a disruptive species everywhere we go. The guy is clearly smart and he has done so good contributions but he is human and with the good, we must also discuss the bad (we are after all complicated beings). Whether batteries are going to solve climate change or just deplete the resources of our lands is something that we'll see play out soon enough.
This is one of my favorite videos of all time. I've seen this approximately 10 times and plan to continue.
Thank you for all of your videos you’re putting up. I purchased your book and never read it. My mother died during the pandemic and I lost my momentum. Your videos are getting me out of the hole. Started reading your book today. “Subtle art of not giving a f*ck is brilliant.” You are awesome!
Can relate 1,2,5, - mainly,4
3 not soo much right now
Thank you man.
Anything to add about what he is doing lately?
I'm overwhelmed by work ALL THE TIME. i need to give this "do not multitask" thing a try! such a simple idea and it to be really impactful
I like Elon's basis of solving problems which require going back to the fundamentals of any subject or field. Some problems are a result of stuff being constructed on top of errors made on the building blocks of a situation. Going back to the fundamentals will help rebuild something correctly.
Honestly when it comes to complex problems, unless you actually are starting from scratch and inventing something, that approach can be naive.
As a programmer for 15+ years it's a pretty well-known thing among more experienced developers, that on any big project that's been worked on for a number of years, there will be an impulse to "just do a rewrite". It starts to feel like a mess. Sometimes it's the right thing to do but very very often it's not. The image in your mind of a nice lean clean sparkly replacement is idealized and the "mess" is often what years worth of solved problems looks like.
The reason most older devs know this is a lot of devs go through a phase where they've learned enough to think they're pretty hot, but haven't experienced enough to know what they don't know. It's a naive overconfidence that comes from thinking you know way more than you really do, feeling convinced that anyone who can't see it the way you think you do is just not on your level, and it can be lead to bad decisions and a lot of wasted effort.
Musk really seems to believe he's just way smarter than everyone else and that he can run anything in a radical new better way just by winging it. And if he fails it's actually the world's fault for not being ready for his ideas... it's infalsifiable. Any programmer watching what was happening at Twitter recently and following posts by the Twitter engineers should be able to see how he just tries to bullshit his way through management. His companies don't need him.
Anyway. Sometimes fundamentals are good. Being radical can be good. But it's just never so simple if you are working in the real world and not just in philosophy.
Awesome. Shared
Wow, this aged horribly...
I've been following Elon for about 8 years now. I always bring him into a conversation with friends but haven't found a single friend with the same enthusiasm I have towards Elon Musk. I made a few videos about him on my channel but can't find Filipino audience to understand how important his visions are.
But I don't care. I like him I respect him, I'm currently applying his advice that resonated to the fiber of my being. "Work like hell".
Soon people will find out why Neil Degrasse Tyson said that Musk is the most important person alive.
Mark you should start a podcast! You will be great!
Fast forward to today and the list in the beginning needs some additions. 😂🤣
Can you make a video about daily routine, activities for having a good mental health condition throughout the day?
very good video
Its super helpful advice about not task switching. I started trying to group my tasks into creative days and rational task days and I found it really helps out.
Mark Manson: the most refreshingly pragmatic and critically important voice on social media. Thank you, Mark. BTW, do you do corporate engagements?
5:00 that's a big sign on lack of empathy . Happens to a lot of super smart folks
That might be benefic for a company, but treating people like that in real life will make you sad.
@@floreamihai3852 yes. He can handle these tasks but why as a multi billioner with amazing companies you cant give her a raise of like 0.000000000000010 percent of the companies income. Elon musk is nice and all but he just projects psycho vibes all around.
@@MishazBts the thing is i don't like the idea of idolising those big popular people just because of how important and influential they are. I don't know the guy personally so i try not to judge but these people being considered the end all be all hero that we all have to aspire to be is wrong.
@@floreamihai3852 i totally agree . Like everyone has different morals sometimes its just not meant to be for people that have more empathy to become mega multi trillioners , money is a goal but not the most important.
@@MishazBts Why are you so one-sided? How about empathy on the part of assistant who worked so long with him and was not empathic enough to find ways to be useful? She was merciless! And got fired for that. Totally justified.
I just stumbled upon your channel, wow!! Thank you for all your hard work.. I've enjoyed your books as well
Fantastic. It's easy to feel intimated by Elon Musk's achievements, but there's an incredible amount to learn from him too
*intimidated
Great video 💯🔥💗💕
6:01
Answer is simple. He doesn't care about his kids or his wife(s).
I just found your channel and went down the rabbit hole. Started off with how to read more books to this. Dope content 😎
Just watched "guide to growing up" which ties really well with this
Who cares what he owns, he started life mega rich, is anyone surprised that he is financially successful?
I think what's important to say when it comes to top high performing individuals like Elon Musk, is that yes, their discipline is probably crazy and they stick to their routines no matter what, but also.... to be able to withstand this, there is enormous genetic component to it. Barely anyone is able to do it. Should we still be inspired? Hell yeah! Should we compare ourself directly to Elon? Unless you don't wanna be miserable for your whole life, definitely not.
Thank you..I was hurt , down because how my life sucks..thank you .you made me smile..a very nice smile..
As a person with the same diagnosis as Elon, the fact that he's on the spectrum and did all of this makes it even more remarkable! I'd love it if you'd broach that topic of succeeding with neurodivergent conditios in future videos :)
Conditions are what you make of them, you can make them become your entire identity and constantly read about them etc where inevitably because of the focus the condition will likely get worse, or you can do what Elon does, Elon never ever says he has asperges or autism but he remembers the struggle so refers to them always in past tense... "when I had asperges" I've been doing the same for around 6 months I avoid talking about it at all costs, it isn't my identity, it was just a thing that held me back for a long time back when I had autism.
@@LoadingRetroGames Denying reality for short term pleasure isn't a good thing. Having autism sucks but you've got to make the most of the situation as you don't know what you're capable of. You could be the next Elon Musk or just your average citizen.
@@LoadingRetroGames Understanding things that you can't change is important. For example I hate loud music and there's no ignoring that lol. If I ignored that problem then I would go to concerts and not avoid loud music which would suck.
That "blocks of time" idea is new to me. Never heard of it before. Thanks!!! I actually heard of Elon Musk's weekly travel schedule, but I never knew that there was an superior efficiency reasoning behind it!
Lesson 1 how to set 44 billion on fire.
For sure strict time-boxing, 1st Principles approach to every task, and living by his motto "the best part is no part" has been a game-changer for me personally and professionally the last few years, measurably.
I've read Musk's biography couple of months ago. Like you said, I thought what the actual f*ck I'm doing with my life! He is such an inspiration. What amused me most is his work ethic & discipline & the constant urge to make the world a better place.
Waiting for your next video🙌
Hi Mark, I love your videos and even if I change my mind about Elon quite a time ago, I still find that these life lessons are valuable. Still, I think the point that you make in life lesson 4 about space industry elevating people lifes from the bottom is way too utopian for me. I don't think space exploration is something valuable today and something that can help us solve social injustice, economic crisis or reduce climate change. In fact I think is quite the opposite. Space exploration has always, and will always be , in the near future, a political matter. And in that context, it isn't the first problem I would think about when it comes to solve problems.
I suppose the help starlink gave to Ukraine doesn't provide any value. Or Iran or my internet now actually being usable now thanks to starlink. Or the many people starlink has helped.
Dude, I'm a writer. Number three spoke to me. Thanks for that. Elon Musk is the man!
The video has reenforced in me the idea of doing one thing in depth the whole day rather than switching between multiple tasks.
A major inspirational figure? Well.. Mark Manson himself.
I always found Michael Jordan to be really inspiring. I’ve been doing a program with his Trainer, Tim Grover, and starting to pick up traits of the winning mindset that they have, and I find it really inspiring.
Thank you Mark! Just what I need to hear. I've been mentally exhausted switching work everyday and which work to focus more on. It's something I've always known but never realize that it's the reason for this mentally fatigue and that has given me a lot of stress. Thank you for pointing out that!
Economy doesn't work in cascade, Mark... It will never work unless you oblige big enterprises to do that through taxes. If not, hig money will stay in the pockets of big people. Macron, the president of France tried that too and failed miserably and only reinforced lobbying and division through the population.
*”Making a big life change is pretty scary. But, you know what’s even scarier? Regret.”*
Love from a small TH-camr💙
Excellent video👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hmmm, a year later and Elon’s brand isn’t aging so well. Perhaps a fifth lesson can be taken from his twitter misadventure, his embrace of Kanye and his casual drift into right wing politics: If you’re looking for examples of people who work smarter, not harder and think big there are many more ethical folks to learn from other than a ruthless narcissistic megalomaniac with authoritarian tendencies. His lack of ethics and morals in the examples provided were not inspiring to me and I seriously doubt he has any great benevolent purpose behind all of his enterprises beyond his pursuit of wealth, power and fame.
Thanks for the video Mark!👍💙
while i like your argument about musk enlargening the pie for all to benefit from, isn't he the outlier here? aren't most of the super rich just spunking money away on making sure only their pie increases in volume, whether the leftovers for others grow or not?
Most people have smart phones. Even lowerclass comunities. This increased the daily entertainment or accessibility people have to knowledge and people at an unpresidented manner. This is not monetary gain but rather an abstract but objectively improvement on life quality that everyone gained after some years after Jobs i-phone reveal in 2009.
great truth about focus and non-task switching! Truth on Musk!
One of the biggest lessons i learned from Musk is Absolute Persistence - despite all the pain and struggle. Yeah, i read his biography as well.
I’m gonna show this to my boss. I don’t think they will care about mental exhaustion though, they just want the work done!
Don’t ask: How can you make money?
Ask: How can you help others?
Fantastic video! Maybe the best content I've seen on Musk. Thanks!
Lesson number 0: look up situational vs dispositional attribution bias and stop attributing character strengths to people who are in a supportive situation that makes it easy to flourish for anyone to begin with.
I like your comment. It's funny. But everybody is ignorant about something, and you are ignorant about Elon Musk, and suffering from bias as well. You are making the false attribution that Elon Musk's situation always granted him success. No, it hasn't. Not only is Elon neurodivergent because of Aspergers Syndrome, it's limitations has meant it hasn't been easy for him, because he finds it hard to relate to people. That is a serious disadvantage when humans are social beings. Nonetheless, he's learned how to conquer that, so that he can get results and make things happen. You could learn something from him. You have the time to write this comment, so you have time to do something really important. Don't waste it
Love your videos man. The authenticity just oozes from the screen. Great work on the channel matey!