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The day before yesterday, Time's 2021 person of the year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, known as "Silicon Valley Iron Man", was elected.
And just last Thursday, Musk tweeted: "I am considering quitting my job and being an internet celebrity full-time." What do you think? ”
Immediately after the "want to quit" tweet, a large number of melon-eating people came to watch, and bloggers with 84 million followers on YouTube also said to it: I can teach you how to get views!
Crazy Musk
Time magazine used 11 words to describe Musk:
A crazy mix of "clowns, geniuses, leaders, visionaries, industrialists, performers, scoundrels, Edison, p.t. Barnum, Carnegie, and Dr. Manhattan" who aspire to save the planet and give humanity a new home.
Many people first knew Musk as CEO of Tesla Motors. In fact, Tesla may be the least tech-rich of the companies he manages (but it's also the most valuable).
Currently, Musk primarily manages 6 companies that have the potential to disrupt the industry in all areas.
Here are a few simple listings:
1) SpaceX: Founded in 2002, SpaceX has achieved achievements that many national space agencies have not achieved, and is the world's leading private space company, with a valuation of more than $100 billion.
2) Tesla: Founded in 2003, Tesla is currently the world's highest sales of electric vehicles. On October 25, Tesla's market value soared, becoming another trillion-dollar company; Musk's net worth also rose, with a net worth of nearly $290 billion to secure the throne of the world's richest man.
3) Virgin Hyperloop: Founded in 2013, the hyperloop hyperloop was launched, which is a vehicle with "vacuum steel pipe transportation" as the theoretical core, and the maximum speed can reach 1080 kilometers per hour.
4) Neuralink: Founded in 2016, Brain-Computer Interface Company is Musk's biggest dream and the most expensive project. The "brain-computer interface" technology developed by this company is based on the principle of implanting extremely small electrodes into the brain, and then through the current, the computer and brain cells "interact" and "instructions".
In 2020, Neuralink for the first time to achieve the implantation of a chip on the pig brain, the experiment is mainly after implanting the chip, you can intuitively see the pig's brain activity, when the demonstrator touches its nose, the pig's nerves begin to be excited.
In 2021, Neuralink showed a video of monkeys using brainwaves to play games, which attracted widespread attention and discussion.
For the "resignation", Musk did not explain too much after this, although he did not say what position he was going to resign, but it seems to the outside world that it is likely to be Tesla's CEO position, because he did not attend the third quarter of this year's earnings meeting.
Since November 8, Musk has accumulated 11.03 million shares of Tesla stock, worth nearly $12 billion, or about 76.4 billion yuan.
For Musk, the resignation may be to set aside more time to realize his crazy dreams.
After all, he wants to conquer the universe with SpaceX;
Promote the landing of human brain-computer interface technology through Neuralink;
Fast underground passage through Boring;
Hyperloop for global connectivity through Virgin Hyperloop
.......
In this way, even if Musk finally chooses to "resign" from Tesla, it will not be a real retirement, because he will soon devote himself to other careers, after all, he has said that the ultimate dream is to "retire on Mars".
And that dream has not yet come true.
For the average person, it is not easy to make achievements in one field, and Musk directly blossoms in many fields and makes many achievements that feel incredible. This "master of ambition management" is moving in a more crazy direction.
In his words:
"I don't think life should be just about solving everyday chores. If that's all there is to it, if all our lives are spent on solving everyday chores, then why do we have to get out of bed every day?
There must be something that motivates you and makes you proud to be a part of humanity. It's like Nike's slogan "Just do it", but just "sticking" is not enough, you have to give it your all. ”
Managing 6 companies at the same time Musk's management secrets
Musk has been called "the most legendary figure in Silicon Valley after Jobs" by the Economist, the Financial Times and many other media, in addition to his own whimsical entrepreneurial ideas and glittering work charm, his leadership talent of managing 6 companies at the same time and being idolized by many employees is also worth learning from managers.
1) Allow employees to make mistakes and encourage employees to grow
As a team manager, Musk doesn't get complacent when there's a result, or blame employees when they go through failed projects.
Musk once said, "In my case, failure is just an option; if you never fail, it only means that you are not innovative enough." ”
The first launch of SpaceX's first rocket, Falcon 1, failed.
Under the team's excited and expectant eyes, the rocket fell on the launch tower shortly after it took off.
Musk did not blame the team's ability or attitude problems, he analyzed it very carefully, and wrote in the report:
"The companies that successfully launched rockets may have also survived by picking up the wreckage...
Pegasus rockets were launched 9 times and only succeeded 5 times; Ariane rockets were launched 5 times, with only 3 successes; Atlas rockets were launched 20 times, with only 9 successes; 'Soyuz' rockets were launched 21 times, with only 9 successes; and 'Proton' rockets launched 18 times, with only 9 successes.
After experiencing first-hand how difficult it is to get into orbit, I am full of admiration for those who insist on building rockets, who are the mainstay of today's space launch career...
SpaceX will continue to work hard, no matter the heavens and the earth, and will not give up until it succeeds. ”
After receiving Encouragement from Musk, the team quickly regained morale, and the engineers carefully analyzed and reviewed the wreckage of the fallen rocket, found out the root cause of the launch failure, and worked together to put into new work.
A year later, the second launch of The Falcon 1 went smoothly, and just when everyone thought it would go smoothly, the rocket lost control, disintegrated and exploded before entering orbit.
The team once again fell into the pain and self-blame of failure, and Musk rushed to comfort and encourage employees at the first time, do not fear failure, do not succumb to failure, there will be a solution.
More than a month later, falcon 1 was finally successfully launched, the world's first liquid-orbiting rocket developed by a private space company to successfully enter earth orbit.
With tight budgets and projects experiencing multiple setbacks or failures, many managers back down and even question whether there is a problem with the employee's ability or attitude. The emotion of being manipulated by failure leads to irrational decision-making, which is one of the reasons why some projects are getting worse and worse, and the team is getting more and more biased.
But if you can accept failure calmly and regard failure as an inevitable experience on the road to success, you can review valuable experience in failure and make rational and accurate decisions. This is also the mentality management that many managers must have.
Churchill once said: Success is from failure to failure, and still enthusiastic.
When employees encounter setbacks or failures, managers may wish to use enthusiasm and original intention to boost morale, and transform the depression of failure into the pursuit of success.
2) Don't jump into the game, don't be a manager
In an interview with Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray, Musk said:
"It's like when a war is fought, when a general hides in a fortress himself and lets the soldiers charge into battle. If the general goes deep into the front, the soldier will be encouraged, feel that he is cared for, and thus more morale. ”
In the early days of SpaceX, Musk would be directly involved in the experimental process.
When testing the compressive resistance in the thruster cooling chamber, Musk personally conducted the third test to analyze possible problems from the failure, and the engineers saw that Musk was serious and rigorous with the project, was greatly encouraged, and more actively invested in the next round of improvements and experiments, and finally submitted a fruitful solution.
As a manager, just bystanding the work process of subordinates without participating in the game, you can never know the root cause of employee success or failure, and you can't make accurate judgments when making decisions.
In addition, being able to fight side by side with employees can not only see the existing problems from different perspectives, but also understand the most cutting-edge dynamics on the front line, preventing them from becoming an empty shell leader who does not know anything.
Enterprises do not need to be subordinate managers with two hands and waists, you must take the initiative to go deep into the front line and go deep into the team in order to become a manager who is valued by the boss and respected by employees.
Those who don't jump into the game, don't be a manager.
People who are really capable
All have a strong "internal drive"
Musk once pointed out that the key to his success is "internal drive", and the most terrible thing in the world is that there is no "internal drive".
Looking back at Musk's entrepreneurial journey, we can see the energy and motivation brought to him by the internal drive.
When he has dreams, he is not afraid of his hands and feet, generously admits his ambitions, and actively fights to break through;
When experiencing failure, he is not discouraged and does not give up, always optimistic to face the next challenge;
Faced with a choice, he confessed that "I want to do something that affects the future of humanity" and put it into action.
From his experience, Xiao Logic summed up three key words with internal drive: love, sense of purpose, and sense of mission.
In school, teachers praised us for our neat handwriting and beautiful writing, and we would be happier to devote ourselves to studying; classmates praised us for being cheerful and helpful, so we were more active in interpersonal relationships.
At home, our parents praise us for being industrious and brave, which will make us more recognized and laugh at life.
In our daily work, we always look forward to the encouragement of leaders, the praise of colleagues, and the recognition of customers.
So what if it weren't?
Leaders may not ignore a certain language problem in your project plan because you have been up all night to catch up with the project;
Clients may also not accept a budget that is not in scope because you have a good attitude and a good plan.
At every moment without external thrust, we need to rely on internal drive to provide forward energy.
People who are really capable have a strong "internal driving force".
According to Zhang Yiming, after graduating from college, he entered a company as a programmer. In his view, his scope of work is not just a small world of programmers. As long as he can help, he will take the initiative to do it.
Less than a year into the job, he already knew every module of the department, was commissioned to maintain the entire back end, and was successfully promoted to the manager of the team.
In the words of Zhang Yiming: Some people who have just graduated can stand alone, and some people have worked for 10 years to stand still, and the difference has long been reflected.
Message chat: Are you an external force-driven player, or a player with deep internal strength?
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