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Here’s What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About Work
Do you work 80- to 100-hour weeks?
Elon Musk recently declared, “Nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week.”
One founder who takes exception to the gauntlet Musk lays down for his workers is Swedish CEO Johan Attby.
He is the founder of FishBrain, a community-based fishing app used by approximately seven million anglers around the world.
Previously, Attby worked for startups Silicon Valley and Boston, Massachusetts, before moving home to Stockholm, Sweden. Today, he takes exception to how Silicon Valley CEOs like Musk link time spent in work with productivity.
The Problems With Musk’s 100-Hour Work Week
“I’ve never seen anyone actually being productive, at least sustainably, for 100 hours per week,” said Attby. “Of course productivity goes down. Because their brains are drained! You need sleep; you need food; you need a healthy relationship.”
Working 80- to 100-hours every week is kind of like trying to run a marathon at full-speed. The first mile or two might go okay, but many workers will inevitably break before reaching the finish line.
Instead, entrepreneurs can tackle longer-term projects by targeting smaller milestones on a weekly or fortnightly basis…
