Managing your time and your tasks

Team:

 * Luis Manuel Chavez Velasco
 * Marco Antonio Huerta Sanchez
 * Erick Pacheco Bárcenas

Well, let’s take a look at a typical day in Elon Musk’s life:

 * Musk wakes up around 7AM. Sometimes, he has breakfast, but most times he does not have time for that.
 * At 10AM, he makes morning calls to journalists, job candidates, and conference calls regarding Tesla and SpaceX (he is at SpaceX on Mondays and Thursdays, at Tesla on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and both on Fridays)
 * Let’s assume he is at SpaceX today. After the morning calls, around 10.45AM, he has a meeting with his engineering team to make the weekly review of vehicle and launch operations.
 * 12.30PM, he will have more meetings; perhaps some propulsion meeting to move things forward.
 * Lunch time is around 1–2PM. Here, Musk uses batching (combining tasks) to stay productive, for an example by answering mails while eating, or having a lunch meeting. He is basically trying to bring the work to him.
 * Then, he gets back to SpaceX for his daily walk (when he is at SpaceX) around the factory. Here, he also stops by SpaceX’s engineering group.
 * Around 7PM, he will give interviews to journalists or participating in other types of events.
 * He gets back home, and at 1AM, Musk initiates his 6 hours of sleep.

Musk’s schedule consists of 5 minute slots to stay productive. So, there are several other daily happenings, which I haven’t covered, e.g. his daily workout routines.
=== So to answer the question, it seems like the variety of daily tasks keeps him motivated and prevents boredom. Simultaneously, a very tight planning enables him to effectively carry out all of his daily tasks. Working 80 hours a week really requires a lot of effort to stay on top of the game, think ahead, be disciplined in time management, and HAVE FUN ===