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"Elon Musk is a very busy man. He runs Tesla Motors, designs spaceships and oversees the burgeoning privatized space program at SpaceX and somehow still manages to visit Mashable\u2019s offices and even make the occasional Daily Show appearance. How does he do it? Serial entrepreneur and billionaire Musk offers his secrets to the highly effective exec.\nEmail.\nYup, that\u2019s it. Or so it would seem. Musk is evidently proud of his \u201Cmad\u201D email skills. He couldn\u2019t exactly offer us productivity tips, but did  say \"I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email.\"\n\nSEE ALSO: Elon Musk: Why I\u2019m a Space Junkie [VIDEO]\nI guess Musk has to be as he literally splits his time between SpaceX, which is preparing to send an unmanned spaceship to the International Space Station on April 30 and Tesla Motors, which is preparing to roll out a luxury electric motor sedan later this year.  \nFor Musk, the secret to making this work is having a very regimented schedule. Here\u2019s what Musk\u2019s typical week looks like:\n\nMonday: He\u2019s at SpaceX in Los Angeles\nTuesday and Wednesday: Tesla in Palo Alto, Calif.\nThursday and half of Friday: Back at SpaceX\nRemaining half of Friday: At Tesla Design Studio, which is adjacent to SpaceX\nWeekends: With family\n\nMaintaining a tight schedule makes sense for such a busy guy, but how does the low-key exec who was born 40 years ago in South Africa make it all work? \n\u201CI've actually not read any books on time management,\" admitted Musk.\nInstead, he combines his tight schedule with a focus on productivity. He\u2019s constantly trying to optimize his time. \u201CI think it\u2019s very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.\"\nThere you have it:\n\nEmail\nScheduling\nProductivity\nFeedback\nSelf-Improvement\n\nYou can thank us later.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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