13 August 2021, Brandenburg, Grünheide: Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, stands in the foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory during a press event. The first vehicles are scheduled to roll off the production line in Grünheide near Berlin from the end of 2021. The US company plans to build around 500,000 units of the compact Model 3 and Model Y series here each year. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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全球首富伊隆馬斯克(Elon Musk)身價高達1,510億億美元,身為特斯拉、SpaceX創辦人、太陽能公司SolarCity的主席的馬斯克,被譽為現實世界的「鋼鐵人」,究竟世界首富的商業成功秘訣跟他的日常習慣有沒有相關?今日編輯就要來大揭秘。

1. 不愛接電話

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GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 03: Tesla head Elon Musk talks to the press as he arrives to to have a look at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin on September 03, 2020 near Gruenheide, Germany. Musk is currently in Germany where he met with vaccine maker CureVac on Tuesday, with which Tesla has a cooperation to build devices for producing RNA vaccines, as well as German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier yesterday. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
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馬斯克很討厭自己的計畫、行程被延遲,他曾經說過「我會避免接電話或回訊息。」來避免不能專心地執行現在正在做的事,同時也補充自己不仰賴即時回應的通訊方式,所以合作夥伴都會盡量利用電子郵件或文件,來更新進度。

2. 每天僅睡5小時

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日前​​特斯拉長期大股東的羅恩巴倫(Ron Baron)上美國財經節目,透露創辦人馬斯克每天只睡5個小時,並且每天工作長達19個小時,日程相當忙碌。不過羅恩巴倫也補充,因為馬斯克長期睡眠不足,讓他相當擔憂他的身體狀況,並表示「執行長睡太少,就是公司在短期內面臨的最大風險。」

3. 喜歡開玩笑

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根據《Business Insider》報導,SpaceX第7名員工的庫尼斯曼曾透露,執行長馬斯克私底下很愛開玩笑,老員工已經習慣他在會議上發揮幽默感大開玩笑,也很明顯讓員工們了解他所說的只是笑話。但有時馬斯克在面對外界時,總令大眾更搞不清楚「他到底是在開玩笑,還是真有這個意思?」庫尼斯曼也回應:「外面的馬斯克我好像不是這麼熟悉,這時候的他是不是在說笑?我就看不太懂了。」

4. 忽略外界質疑

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17 May 2021, Brandenburg, Grünheide: Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, stands on the construction site of the Tesla factory and waves. He has taken a look at the progress of construction of the new factory in Grünheide near Berlin, which will probably start production several months later than originally planned. The 49-year-old did not initially comment on Monday. Photo: Christophe Gateau/dpa (Photo by Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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馬斯克在創辦SpaceX和特斯拉的時候,並不認為這兩家公司會真正賺錢,事實上也沒有任何人認為它們會賺錢,甚至有很多專業人士、分析師期待特斯拉倒閉,這點讓他很受傷,所以後來馬斯克選擇忽略大家的質疑,表示:「我更在意實踐和執行,而不是他人的閒言閒語。」

5. 日程以5分鐘為單位

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馬斯克的時間表非常具體,具體到什麼程度呢?他的行事曆並不是以一個月、一星期或是一天為單位,而是「5分鐘」。他表示這樣才可以將事情處理步驟濃縮,讓工作效率發揮到最大化。

6. 從不質疑自己的決定

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13 August 2021, Brandenburg, Grünheide: Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, stands in the foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory during a press event. The first vehicles are scheduled to roll off the production line in Grünheide near Berlin from the end of 2021. The US company plans to build around 500,000 units of the compact Model 3 and Model Y series here each year. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Above Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images

身為許多公司的執行長,馬斯克承擔的風險超過了大多數人,他明白自己做的決定不一定是100%正確的,但他從不花時間在糾結正確性,他說:「我寧可不斷去思考『如何才能把事情做得更好?』但我絕不會花時間來質疑自己做的決定。」

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