real-life Tony stark, he might not have an iron man costume but has rockets that he frequently

現實生活中的託尼-斯塔克，他可能沒有鋼鐵俠的服裝，但他有火箭，他經常。

sends to space.

發往太空的。

What we all can agree is that Elon Musk is one of the most productive people on the face

我們都同意的是，埃隆-馬斯克是臉上最富有成效的人之一。

of the earth.

的地球。

You might have a different opinion of him, and you might not agree with everything he

你可能會對他有不同的看法，你可能不同意他的一切。

does or says, but running multiple multi-billion dollar companies requires an unbelievable

但經營多家價值數十億美元的公司需要一個令人難以置信的。

amount of discipline and precise planning.

量的紀律和精確的規劃。

To be honest, it's difficult to believe that one person can achieve so much in such a little

說實話，很難相信一個人可以在這麼小的時間裡取得這麼大的成就。

time.

時候。

We all have heard stories of great business leaders, but to be so effective that you are

我們都聽過偉大的商業領袖的故事，但要做到如此高效，你是

revolutionizing multiple industries at the same time is insane.

同時革新多個行業是瘋狂的。

Just so that you know, there hasn't been a new auto manufacturer in over a hundred years

你要知道，已經有一百多年沒有新的汽車製造商了。

in America because the industry is so competitive.

在美國，因為這個行業的競爭非常激烈。

And here comes a guy, not only enters into the industry but builds the most valuable

而這裡來了一個人，不僅進入了這個行業，而且打造了最有價值的。

auto company in the entire nation.

汽車公司在整個國家。

If we keep talking about his achievements, I am afraid this video won't end any time

如果我們繼續談論他的成就，恐怕這段視頻隨時都不會結束。

soon so that we will leave that for another time, but what we are going to do is find

很快，所以我們將把這個問題留到下一次，但我們要做的是找到。

out why Elon Musk is so productive, how exactly he gets so much done in such a little time.

揭祕埃隆-馬斯克為何如此高效，他究竟是如何在這麼短的時間內完成這麼多工作的。

Musk has been in the spotlight for two decades already, and he has given quite a good number

馬斯克已經在聚光燈下呆了20年，他給了不少的

of interviews; in fact, there is a great book written on his life by Ashlee Vance.

的採訪；事實上，有一本偉大的書寫了他的生活，由Ashlee Vance。

He has explained multiple times on why exactly is he so productive. So,

他已經多次解釋為什麼他的工作效率這麼高，所以，

we are going to take his five most important principles that he integrates into his life

我們將採取他的五個最重要的原則，他融入了他的生活。

that keeps him insanely productive.

這讓他瘋狂的生產。

Start with the most important work.

從最重要的工作做起。

I think the number one productivity hack is to start with the most important task of the

我認為頭號生產力黑客是從最重要的任務開始的。

day.

一天。

I know that it sounds simple, and it doesn't sound like anything revolutionary, but most

我知道這聽起來很簡單，而且聽起來也不像什麼革命性的東西，但大多數的

of us tend to start with something easy.

我們的人往往從一些簡單的事情開始。

You just had enough sleep; your mind is still clear, fresh, and sharp; your ability to focus

你剛剛睡夠了；你的頭腦還很清晰、清爽、敏銳；你的注意力能

is at your maximum level.

是在你的最大水準。

This is when you have to do the hardest task on your to-do list because later on the day,

這時你要做的是你的待辦事項清單上最難的任務，因為以後的日子裡。

your willpower, energy, and focus will drop, and you will procrastinate on difficult tasks.

你的意志力、精力和注意力都會下降，你會在困難的任務上拖拖拉拉。

You can't accomplish everything in a single day.

你不可能在一天之內完成所有的事情。

You just have 24 hours, out of 8 you sleep, 4 or 5 you spend on your necessities like

你只有24小時，8個小時中你要睡覺，4、5個小時你要花在你的生活必需品上，比如...

eating, going to the bathroom, getting stuck in traffic dressing, and you are left with

吃飯，上廁所，堵車穿衣，你就剩下了

around 11 hours.

11小時左右。

If we are going, to be honest with each other, most people can't work for 11 straight hours,

如果我們要去，說實話，大多數人都不能連續工作11個小時。

you still have to meet your friends and socialize, spend time with your family, watch the latest

你仍然要會見你的朋友和社交，花時間與你的家人，看最新的。

episode of your favorite show on Netflix.

你最喜歡的節目在Netflix上的情節。

So you are left with 6-7 hours that you can actually put into real work.

所以你剩下的6-7個小時，你可以真正投入到實際工作中去。

Make sure you use them when you are at your highest level of willpower to get the best

一定要在你意志力最高的時候使用它們，以獲得最佳的

out of them.

出他們的。

2.

2.

Secondly, Constantly ask how you could be doing things better

第二，不斷地問自己如何能把事情做得更好。

In one of his interviews, Musk said, "I think it's very important to have a feedback loop,

在一次採訪中，馬斯克說："我認為有一個反饋迴路非常重要。

where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it

在那裡，你不斷地思考你已經做了什麼，以及你可以如何做。

better.

更好的。

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing

我想這是最好的一條建議：不斷思考你可以如何做。

things better and questioning yourself."

的事情更好，質疑自己。"

Musk always practices what he preaches.

馬斯克總是言出必行。

Every business he launched was, as a result, him questioning if there is a better way to

他推出的每一項業務，都是他質疑是否有更好的方式來。

do that.

這樣做。

Cars were polluting the climate and causing climate change, which is an existential threat

汽車在汙染氣候，造成氣候變化，這是一個生存的威脅。

to humanity, so he asked himself can we have cars without polluting the climate, boom you

所以他問自己能不能在不汙染氣候的情況下擁有汽車，轟，你

have electric cars. And Tesla was born.

有電動車。而特斯拉就這樣出現了。

On one beautiful evening, he was driving back home from one of his offices.

在一個美麗的傍晚，他從一個辦公室開車回家。

As usual, he was stuck in the traffic.

和往常一樣，他被堵在了路上。

It was boring and frustrating, so an idea popped into his mind; is there is a better

這很無聊，也很令人沮喪，所以他腦海中突然冒出一個想法，有沒有更好的。

way I can get back home from the office without getting stuck in this traffic, that's how

我可以從公司回家而不被堵在路上，這就是為什麼

the Boring Company was born, it just digs tunnels underground to reduce the traffic.

鏜公司的誕生，只是在地下挖隧道，減少交通。

No matter what you are doing, if you approach your work with the perspective of always finding

無論你在做什麼，如果你對待工作的角度是永遠找不到

a better way to do it, you will always be productive.

更好的方法，你總會有收穫。

3.

3.

First Principle

第一原則

But the problem is that, how do you always find a better way to improve.

但問題是，你怎麼總能找到更好的方法來改進。

How do you constantly find innovative ways to move forward.

如何不斷找到創新的方法來推進。

Well, Elon Musk uses an interesting method to do that.

好吧，埃隆-馬斯克用了一個有趣的方法來做到這一點。

In one of his interviews, Musk said, "I tend to approach things from a physics framework.

在一次採訪中，馬斯克說："我傾向於從物理學框架來處理事情。

And Physics teaches you to reason from the first principle rather than by analogy.

而物理學教你從第一原理出發進行推理，而不是類比。

Thinking by analogy is how we think most of the time.

類比思維是我們大多數時候的思維方式。

It's like comparing two objects or trying to build something better out of what already

這就像比較兩個對象或試圖建立更好的東西從已有的東西

exists, there is nothing wrong with that, and it's useful in a lot of cases, but sometimes

的存在，這並沒有錯，而且在很多情況下都是有用的，但有時

things are wrong in their core and to solve them to have to get there, and that's what

事情的核心是錯誤的，要解決這些問題必須要達到目的，這就是

the first principle is.

第一個原則是：

The first principle is a strategy to break down complicated problems to generate original

第一個原則是將複雜的問題進行分解，產生原創性的策略。

solutions.

解決辦法。

Here is how thinking from the first principle led Musk to start SpaceX.

以下是馬斯克如何從第一原則出發思考，創辦SpaceX。

After visiting several aerospace manufacturers around the world, Musk discovered the cost

在參觀了全球多家航空航天製造商後，馬斯克發現，成本

of purchasing a rocket was astronomical—up to $65 million.

購買火箭的費用是天文數字--高達6500萬美元。

So he wanted to find out if he could reduce that number.

所以他想看看能不能減少這個數字。

Let's look at the first principles.

讓我們看看第一個原則。

What is a rocket made of?

火箭是用什麼做的？

Aerospace-grade aluminum alloys, plus some titanium, copper, and carbon fiber.

航天級鋁合金，還有一些鈦、銅和碳纖維。

Then I asked, what is the value of those materials on the commodity market?

然後我問，這些材料在商品市場上的價值是什麼？

It turned out that the materials cost of a rocket was around two percent of the typical

結果發現，一枚火箭的材料成本約為一般的百分之二。

price."

價格。"

Instead of buying a finished rocket for over 60 million dollars, Musk decided to purchase

馬斯克沒有花6000多萬美元購買一枚成品火箭，而是決定購買

the raw materials for cheap and build the rockets himself, which is how SpaceX was born.

廉價的原材料，自己製造火箭，這就是SpaceX的誕生。

4.

4.

Four!

四！

Avoid pointless conversations!

避免無意義的對話!

Nothing wastes more time than a useless conversation; You are busy working, focused on your most

沒有什麼比無用的談話更浪費時間了；你忙於工作，專注於你的最

important task of the day.

當天的重要任務。

But then suddenly your old friend or girlfriend or your relative whom you haven't met for

但突然間，你的老朋友或女朋友或你的親戚，你已經很久沒有見過他了

years call you, and that's the end of your productive day because these conversations

年給你打電話，你一天的生產活動就這樣結束了，因為這些談話。

last ages.

上世。

Or sometimes, you call your colleague for one thing but then end up discussing how you

或者有時候，你為了一件事給同事打電話，但最後卻在討論你是如何的

had a horrible argument with your spouse last night.

昨晚和你的配偶發生了可怕的爭執。

That's why Musk's favorite method of communicating is email.

所以馬斯克最喜歡的交流方式是電子郵件。

He even once said: "I do love email.

他甚至曾經說過，"我確實喜歡電子郵件。

Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously.

只要有可能，我都會嘗試異步溝通。

I'm really good at email."

我真的很擅長發郵件。"

In fact, he even avoids meetings at all costs because usually, they are a waste of time.

事實上，他甚至不惜一切代價避免開會，因為通常情況下，開會是浪費時間。

He even considers it disrespectful to stay in a meeting if you aren't adding any value.

他甚至認為，如果你沒有增加任何價值，留在會議中是不尊重人的。

Meeting and conversations should be short, straight, and to the point.

開會和談話要簡短、直接、有針對性。

5.

5.

And finally, Musk precisely schedules his time.

最後，馬斯克精確地安排了自己的時間。

You cant come up with a different a better plan every morning.

你不能每天早上想出一個不同的更好的計劃。

Every now and then, you have to think about how you spend your days.

每時每刻，你都要想想自己的日子是怎麼過的。

But, most importantly, stick to a schedule that works for you.

但是，最重要的是，要堅持一個適合自己的時間表。

And Musk is a perfect example of that.

而馬斯克就是一個完美的例子。

He strictly sticks to his weekly schedule.

他嚴格遵守每週的日程安排。

Wakes up precisely at 7 am. after getting almost 6 hours of sleep.

早上7點準時醒來，睡了近6個小時。

And showers first thing in the morning.

而且早上第一件事就是洗澡。

He once wrote on Reddit that it had a greater positive impact on him than any of his other

他曾在Reddit上寫道，它對他的正面影響比他的任何其他

daily habits.

日常習慣。

He breaks his time into a series of five-minute slots to be as effective as possible.

他把時間抽成一系列5分鐘的時段，以儘可能地提高工作效率。

He spends Mondays and Fridays at SpaceX in Los Angeles.

他週一和週五在洛杉磯的SpaceX公司度過。

On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, he heads to the Bay Area to work at Tesla.

每週二、三、四，他都會去灣區的特斯拉工作。

He usually spends about half a day working at the artificial intelligence nonprofit OpenAI.

他通常會花半天時間在人工智能非營利組織OpenAI工作。

On Saturday, he either works at SpaceX or spends his time with his children but still

週六，他要麼在SpaceX工作，要麼陪著孩子，但仍舊是

multi tasks, and he once said: What I find is I'm able to be with them and still be on

多任務，他曾經說過。我發現，我能夠和他們在一起，並仍然是在。

email.

電子郵件：

I can be with them and still be working at the same time ... If I didn't, I wouldn't

我可以和他們在一起，同時還能工作... ...如果我不這樣做，我就不會... ...

be able to get my job done."

能夠完成我的工作。"

Life might get boring by sticking to a schedule, but it makes you way more productive.

堅持按計劃行事，生活可能會變得枯燥無味，但它會讓你的工作效率大大提高。

As I was researching how Elon musk manages to be so productive, I came across multiple

當我在研究埃隆-馬斯克是如何做到如此高效的時候，我看到了多個

things.

的事情。

I even read his autobiography again by Ashlee Dence.

我甚至又讀了他的自傳，由Ashlee Dence撰寫。

These principles might not perfectly work for you because you are in a different line

這些原則可能並不完全適用於你，因為你所處的行當不同

of work, but if you continuously look for better ways to get more done, you will eventually

的工作，但如果你不斷地尋找更好的方法來完成更多的工作，你最終將

achieve that.

實現這一點。

Remember, life is a journey where we continually keep growing.

請記住，人生就是一場旅行，我們不斷地在旅行中不斷成長。

Thanks for watching and until next time.

謝謝你的觀看，直到下一次。

So hit that subscribe button give this video thumbs, and let me know in the comments on

所以，點擊訂閱按鈕，給這個視頻大拇指，並讓我知道在評論中的

how you stay productive.

如何保持高效。