Elon Musk Five Step Improvement Process

Elon's five-step process:
1) Question the requirements
2) Remove unnecessary process steps
3) Optimize
4) Accelerate
5) Automate
Clips taken from then cleaned up the audio and video from Everyday Astronaut.

[@fefefefefee32]

Question -> Delete -> Simplify -> Accelerate -> Automate

[@johncarton3023]

If you're not occasionally adding things back in, you're not deleting enough. Great concept.

[@remllon]

Please someone explain this with an example. I know I am dumb.

[@hp-qx7tf]

​@@remllon As in you delete so many things that sometimes you accidentally delete important things and they need to be added back in

[@remllon]

@@hp-qx7tf My first language is not English so couldn't understand this part clearly. Thanks for explaining friend. 💛

[@kanishksingh5146]

It means your aptitude should be to delete steps of the process - to the extent that you end up deleting the crucial steps that need to be added back in. The advantage of this process, as I infer, is that you’ll end up having the minimum required steps

[@remllon]

@@kanishksingh5146 It makes sense. Thanks! 👍

[@elsenored562]

¹0:28 Question the requirements ²0:42 Remove unnecessary process steps ³0:59 Optimize ⁴1:07 Accelerate time-to-learning ⁵1:16 Automate

[@yt-sh]

thank you

[@clickpwn]

Normally I appreciate the time stamps but for a 1:30 minute video??? Its probably faster to press forward arrow couple times HAHA. This is great example of optimizing for a problem that doesn’t exist as mentioned in the video.

[@Okidus]

I skipped straight to this comment

[@TKInternational76]

​@@clickpwnthink more. This is more like a summary.

[@elsenored562]

@@clickpwn I appreciate the feedback. On the other hand this is just about the most thumbs up I've gotten in two years on a time-stamp comment.

[@jmfs3497]

I work with an OCPD manager and his first step is "Say yes to anything". Step Two is "Hurry". Step Three is "Ignore the original request". Step Four is "Overcomplicate". Step Five is "Blame everyone but himself". It's awesome.

[@panzfaust9812]

Sounds like a great work environment 😂

[@umar5138]

Sounds like my supervisor. I feel like talking to the wall.

[@zxnnightstalker2289]

Yeah, my Design Manager make me do that same thing like a robot.

[@IvoPavlik]

Run away, dude!

[@tqxx]

1. Question: Begin by asking questions about the task or project to gain clarity. 2. Simplify: Identify and remove any unnecessary complexities or steps. 3. Optimize: Make improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. 4. Speed Up: Find ways to complete the task faster without sacrificing quality. 5. Automate: Consider automation to streamline the process. 6. Continuous Improvement: Keep refining and evolving the task over time.

[@trf7705]

Hands down the best engineering advice ever given!!! Best addition was admitting having it done wrong himself on several occasions.

[@luvdvno]

@@miloscrypto8099?

[@kxkxkxkx]

He is not an engineer😂 at all

[@PedroTRamos1]

@@kxkxkxkx Except he is.

[@isagiyoichi5207]

@@PedroTRamos1 He is not a certified engineer. He works as a CEO and yes he might have a great understanding and knowledge of rocket propulsion systems, but he is not qualified to work as an engineer

[@PedroTRamos1]

@@isagiyoichi5207 Bachelor of Science in Economics and Physics. Funny you say he´s not qualified to work as an engineer when he´s the chief engineer of a rocket company.

[@shaggyfeng9110]

The last part is GOLD!!! I did that too many times in my life. This is actually a very impactful video for me.

[@cheesehamm]

So awesome this video, to the point, short and no crappy motivational background music! Thanks for that!

[@jonkraghshow]

Thx for the props!

[@Fujtajblus]

Now all the highschool kids will go and try to apply this at school, failing misserably because they do not have the mental capacity and life experience to know in what areas of life to apply this.

[@ElonMusk5238]

Thanks for your love care and support, it's my pleasure talking to you here. Where are you from?...

[@heronoverdose]

This is great simple advice: I never realised how frustrating and out right bad my projects, teams or even jobs were until I started pushing back on things.

[@punnaroothsrimongkolsilp1543]

Do you want to see "Tony Stark" in real life? This is the man, Elon Musk.

[@AdalydGracia]

Jajaja I have the same thought 😂

[@nsipid]

1. Be convinced a thing should exist. 2. Trim fat and keep what is, without a doubt, “necessary” (experiment with taking away then adding back in and f e e l if it is necessary. If it isn’t, toss it.) 3. Simplify further (extra fat cutting). 4. Full steam ahead at maximum speed. 5. Automate (have the thing automatically working without you being there).

[@seanandrews5329]

Simplify is different from optimize. Step three that you describe is not accurate enough

[@nsipid]

@@seanandrews5329 what do you suggest number 3 should be?

[@seanandrews5329]

@pa_2600 lmao exactly, the dude definitely needs to rewrite this shit

[@seanandrews5329]

@@nsipid number 3 was only said to be one thing: optimize. This is what I suggested to use, too. Since it’s written in a comment you seem to have an unfounded confusion,

[@nsipid]

@@seanandrews5329 “since it’s written in a comment”. I’m failing to understand what you mean.

[@Fastfastthefastest]

1) Question the requirements 2) Remove unnecessary process steps 3) Optimize 4) Accelerate 5) Automate

[@Nopejams]

1. Born with money 2. Have money buy the best education 3. Don’t need the education because you have tons of money 4. Have others with money give you money and buy ideas and say it is your idea 5. Use money to make money

[@HustlingFreedom]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🧠 Question requirements: Avoid optimizing unnecessary things due to mental constraints from education. 00:28 🚫 Delete or simplify: Remove unnecessary parts or processes; periodically add back only essential elements. 00:56 ✂️ Simplify and optimize: Streamline and improve existing processes or requirements. 01:09 ⏩ Accelerate cycle time: Increase speed after addressing previous steps; avoid premature acceleration. 01:24 🤖 Automate cautiously: Final step after optimizing, accelerating, and simplifying; avoid reversing the process.

[@scottmcall7915]

way too long bro for a minute video

[@wladynosz1565]

Well explained what matters @@scottmcall7915

[@Shblibble]

I love how everyone here is behaving as though this is special/groundbreaking advice...... You'll find this advice everywhere. It's basic stuff. But to get your name and celebrity out there like this demonstrates Elon's number one skill is marketing...... not engineering. He has engineers that actually do the engineering...... He's just an ideas and marketing guy. A CEO. Plenty of successes and absolutely plenty of mistakes and lies and like most truly great CEOs, bases his decisions on a complete lack of morals and empathy in mind. Purely focussed on achieving success and nothing else. He is both an amazing CEO (SpaceX, Tesla) and awful CEO (Twitter), and awful person (his own family life is an abject mess). Don't blindly admire this guy..... like he says.... question.... Anyone worth their salt should be aware of the multitude of broken promises, abject failures and outright lies this guy has told as much as his successes.

[@trunkmak2]

​@@scottmcall7915it's chatgpt summarized

[@scottmcall7915]

who tf are you, no one cares what you say mate@@Shblibble

[@ngacni]

Man is relaxed when being in his field of work. Funny that we dont see him when he is actually working.

[@brillsmith2207]

he doesnt work

[@wesleybrown4170]

@@brillsmith2207 yeah i mean all you would see is him talking to his workers about things they did and adding input

[@jordanw1643]

I guess that would show he has already automated most of his work

[@iinph]

what exactly do you expect him to do at work? the man owns companies mostly. he has people work for him

[@saintjabroni]

@@jordanw1643😂😂😂😂

[@RustyNox]

¹0:01 Everybody is wrong and fails ¹0:28 Question the requirements ²0:42 Remove unnecessary process steps ³0:59 Optimize ⁴1:07 Accelerate time-to-learning ⁵1:16 Automate

[@Solidarity1024]

This is great advice. I tend to not question the requirements and make mistakes as a result.

[@drilldrulus1235]

1. Skriv opp Requirements: den formelle prosessen: Være kvalifisert til stillingen. Skrive CV Skrive søknad; søke etter stillinger og ringe til arbeidsgiver gjøre et godt intervju. 2. Er alt dette nødvendig? Fjerne unødvendige steg i prosessen. 3. Forenkle eller optimalisere 4. Akseler syklus tid . 5. De siste steget er automatiser

[@softwaremediaguru]

I like what he said, this concept apply to many things we do, not just in engineering. Sometimes we like rush things because we are impatient, we want to make money immediately or try fix problem as soon as possible without trying to analyse the situation first.

[@krox477]

I love how he's so open to failure. It's like failure is first step

[@PandemoniumPirateRadio]

Yeah. You HAVE to fail many times in order to do anything and to figure out how to do something correctly etc. testing means basically testing for failures to figure out what works and what not to do. Not speaking from engineering but in general. “Failure” is almost the wrong word for it, people should see it more as “testing the validity of the process or thing” that doesn’t mean you failed if it doesn’t work, it means you tested for a weakness, found one, and can now attempt to develop a correction or improvement or alternative solution.

[@Keatoil]

This reminds me of the spot a fan asked him about an optimization he could do to the rocket

[@Moe90rules]

Pretty fun to watch this having in mind the absolute downfall that has happened at/to Twitter.

[@LetsBoogieLetsDance]

Everybody want to be rich as Elon Musk, but nobody want to work as much as Elon Musk

[@anthonywlong]

Idk about that. Some people work a lot, speak for yourself

[@LalzJeNeSuis]

​@@anthonywlongMany people work a lot but not in a smart way (with leverage and automation).

[@anthonywlong]

@@LalzJeNeSuis clearly Elon Musk is special. My point is the amount of work he does isn’t what separates him. You’re just agreeing with me but using other words

[@LetsBoogieLetsDance]

@@anthonywlong I’m good. I have my degrees and I am financially independant. Don’t be mad if you feel I was talking of you.

[@anthonywlong]

@@LetsBoogieLetsDance it’s okay to admit your wrong btw. Your credentials has little to do with your universal statement. Have a good life though

[@DigSamurai]

It's unclear that many people truly grasp how profound this concept is, the difficulty of its achievement, or the brilliance of Elon Musk. This is the singular most important reason why Tesla and SpaceX dominate. Musk has no problem saying he's wrong and changing his mind based on facts on the ground. These are fantastic qualities that every entrepreneur should emulate.

[@markmalonson7531]

That is so beautiful.He is really good thank you so much.

[@JaydenLawson]

Basically one of the most important videos on youtube - no biggie

[@livinthefilm]

Actually very good advice for an engineer.

[@GeekyMoo]

The 4-hour workweek in 89 seconds

[@nannurisuneetha4789]

Experience is the most part of our success

[@THEYEAR2143]

We can definitely apply this to a lot a professions. Has a music artist I think this is the key I was missing !

[@therealjordiano]

Does seem like really good tips

[@spotify80]

Interesting to see & hear him speak ‘in his element’, outside of socially-pressurised situations we’ve seen in the media.

[@MatthewFling]

“The most common error of a smart engineer is to optimize a thing that should not exist. 1. First make your requirements less dumb. Question your requirements. 2. Try very hard to delete the part of process. If you are not occasional adding things back in you are not deleting enough. The bias tends to be very strongly towards let’s add this part or process step in case we need it. But you can basically make in case arguments for so many things. 3. Simplify or optimize. 4. Accelerate cycle time. 5. Automate.”

[@panxiicat9400]

Key point here is having the balls to admit when you are wrong

[@jonkraghshow]

And here for free, we get his lesson from his hard earned knowledge from those past mistakes.

[@toddmoore5275]

Do the most Do it best With the least While having most Everything possibly needed Never give up Innovate evolve modify Change is constant We are temporary Build for future Ready, and Go

[@staytuned.263]

This is the most well spoken ive seen elon. Usually he has a stutter 😮

[@thomasshakelton]

Great editing thanks

[@kingsly1900]

He sounds very smart maybe he should start a company or something like that

[@geminix365]

I can see him doing well, but not sure he can do that well, like, we won't be the richest person on earth or something

[@TheHybridlogic]

Can't comment on him personally but this is excellent advice for Engineers regardless of their experience.

[@mattyfatstaxs]

Woww! This is life changing content. Thank you!!

[@PagetBrewmaster-en1tl]

🖤 I ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THIS EXACT PROCESS WHEN PRODUCING, CREATING, ANALYZING, IMPROVING ETC. He makes ALL the sense 😁

[@miropribanic5581]

step 6: exploit nature, as well as you can......use all the ground water reserves for production, which makes water levels sink bringing huge problems to an area as big as Delaware...step 7: ignore regulators, simply do not answer them, but if media people catch you, repeat steps 1-5

[@ydne]

Nice list. I would add timing. Especially in high tech. Innovations are trickier than fine wine. You must wait long enough but if you wait too long the cutting edges become blunt.

[@RR-et6zp]

study physics

[@ydne]

@@RR-et6zp Resurrect Einstein, with the data we have now, to finish his last project for a unified field theory.

[@ellefirogeni4624]

@@ydne nd yet, despite the additional tech supply, still be a ..Theory athat. That, one come wonder, if indeed ‘belief’ the prerequisite upon to hold oneself, (why) Einstein long suggested a divine system in liew..

[@ElonMusk-tn1qn]

😅

[@abdelaesus6678]

​@@ydneit's not about data for astrophysicians

[@mr.ripley3846]

Now this aged well. He delated the water deluge and diverter systems from launch pad all together and after Armageddon launch later, put it back in. 😂

[@anttiichrist]

Thanks dearrr ❤❤❤❤I didn't completely understand what you said .but it worked...thank you ❤❤❤

[@anttiichrist]

@Elonmusk730...I'm from India dear Elon

[@ziraprod6090]

This applies to ART and Restaurants.

[@CykPykMyk]

I like how it ends. So quickly. So memish.

[@clickpwn]

It’s actually funny and made me laugh. Going through the 5 improvement process only to delete it at the end is humorous and the sudden cut at the end made it even better

[@EricJohnsa]

This is an excellent bit of advice from my favorite genius.

[@foremarke]

Great video Jon

[@jonkraghshow]

Ty!

[@josemanuel7249]

Golden Advice.

[@ZENIGMATV]

When NASA was trying to invent a pen that worked in space the Russians just used a pencil.

[@troycarpenter3675]

I'm liking Elon more and more

[@speedstor]

The reverse of the 5 steps is actually very funny. Automate, optimize, simplify, delete. But of course, its easy in retrospect.

[@dungeonmaster6292]

People take this guy seriously and believe his back story. Unreal. Truly unreal

[@VivekSingh_ias]

Years and years of reading and experience in 90 secs

[@memyselfandIisalligotintheend]

Great. This advice must be working well for Twitter then🙄

[@jddr555]

Elon's taking over the internet, mark my words

[@patrickheiskanen2610]

GOLD

[@FAMbeats508]

This is like freshman year of college level 😂😂😂 yall rly think this guy is legit is killing me

[@mjy8098]

😂😅😂 he has no hint of arrogance in him. Love it

[@VesperAegis]

Can I question these requirements?

[@ankitpareek9620]

!! Brilliant move

[@Dewouxohshs]

Vc ama viver nesse lugar lindo.........

[@gurukulonline3882]

My Elon when the wind is high or breeze, speaking requires more energy.

[@CalebHigginbotham]

Rigorously cycle through the steps and do it with existing frameworks and structures to break things down and build them back better.

[@Something9008]

Is there a great book that collects his widsom and practices?

[@guod911]

Great punch line. "And then deleted."

[@energyeve2152]

Thank you so much for sharing! Nice and concise ^_^

[@xxxiu13]

Such a gem. Great thinking.

[@mkusler]

I'd recommend Six Sigma Black Belts listen to this. Being in the PI world my entire career, SSBB's always seem to think they are the smartest people in the room and should never be questioned. However, they can't figure out why internally nobody wants to interact with them and their ego's.

[@user-mz8dv9cx4z]

Te Dua, Zemra ime ☯️

[@peanuts2105]

Also it’s imperative to not micromanage. Employ the right people and you can leave them to it, maybe a nudge here and there. The last thing I want to do is to watch every detail because I want to get home without stress and on time

[@trintaedoze]

Thats amazing! Thx for this advise!

[@user-vi8dh7gv3t]

Слушай, а в топливе нужно добиться формулы циркона, а это силикат кремния и очень спектр света приближен к алмазу. Скорость света и звук реакции - это сигнал, он быстрее всего.

[@natsidruk86]

USA should be proved of having a genius like this. He is truly unique

[@75hilmar]

Nowadays we don't want people like that. We rather want megacorps that blend in so well we don't even realize they're the problem. So when somebody comes and tells us a problem, we will be glad they are going to disappear sooner or later.

[@glencecil293]

This guy is The next level genius.

[@OfficialSheffieldCouncil]

🤡

[@marshallmykietyshyn4973]

I don't like Musk, but he's definitely had some good ideas, and I agree with him on lots of this. I question requirements all the time, but the problem is that I've always been in a junior position and when you really think about it, like 90% of human activity is just to keep the capitalist engine running. Not much of what we do is truly productive, and people don't like to face that. I'd imagine that if you question requirements properly, it just leads to an existential crisis. I'm cool with that, but I don't think most companies are.

[@marshallmykietyshyn4973]

Plus people just don't seem to like the question "What's the value added here?" And often can't answer "What's the real purpose of this project? Who does this fundamentally benefit?" In my experience, the answers are usually, "Pretty much nothing" and "No one. It's just to make money."

[@RogueElement.]

I love him❤

[@ElonMusk5238]

Thanks for your love care and support, it's my pleasure talking to you here. Where are you??

[@jacksonfolly]

Is there a source for the template Elon Musk has just produced? Is this taken from a productivity book?

[@slax4884]

This is very interesting

[@deborahlarson2650]

I appreciate this video ☺

[@JBulsa]

optimizing for an emergency kit on the Dragon Capsule is not needed Delete it. if passengers ever need it they are already dead. as i said years ago.

[@floydb9100]

man, this guy lived what he is talking about 🔑🔑🔑🔑

[@djdibibar516]

I once asked the Secretary of the Air Force what we will stop doing when we were cutting back 30 percent of the force…did not get an answer.

[@NaIn-cu8zz]

The steps are necessary.

[@NaIn-cu8zz]

He said everyone's wrong some of the times. He might be wrong about something that he doesn't quite understand. That might be law that he doesn't quite understand. - EM1

[@ekatrianza95]

excellent caption, but its not used to remind anything but to stop a very confounding conversation.

[@ekatrianza95]

@Elonmusk40405 pleasure, from largest nickel reserve in the world

[@btbb3726]

“No Sacred Cows!”

[@naterewing]

Interesting, the simplification aspect is very important in a lot of areas of life I think. Although, through his logic even he is wrong sometimes, just like us all!

[@HueyTheDoctor]

Worked great for Twitter!

[@chibula]

Tesla is deleting so much thy now have to occasionally add back ultra sonic sensors and front camera or radar...

[@keineahnung652]

Thank you for the tips! ❤

[@jimsreyes]

Does this apply to only manufacturing? Please provide some examples of how this could be used in every day life

[@dahui58]

Let's apply it something from normal life, such as going the gym. Question the requirements: do I want to lose weight? Do I want to gain weight? Do I want to get strong? Do I want good cardio? If you don't know what the requirement is you won't get anywhere. Remove unnecessary steps: I realised that specific exercise isn't relevant to my requirements or doesn't give much benefit. Stop doing it. Optimize: improve your diet. Follow a proper routine. Reduce time to learning: hire a personal trainer for instant feedback. Film yourself exercising to get knowledge on your form. Watch videos to see how the exercise should be done. Automate: as you continue your routine into weeks and months, hopefully it should require less conscious effort and become habit. Well done, you just automated yourself!

[@jahehs]

@@dahui58this one’s helpful. Thanks!

[@AlignacademyTV]

@@dahui58 Thanks so much for sharing

[@maknavickas]

Basically many people are lacking a higher level of awareness to not only complete tasks given to them, but to have the ability to discern if the tasks have any real value at all. You want to have enough self reflection to be able to design and system of your life as opposed to just being a machine that only completing orders given to you by outside sources.

[@hanswurscht6625]

Musk said: "If you're not occasionally adding things back in, you're not deleting enough." I'd generalize that and say a 100% success ratio is hardly ever good. Think of playing a game. If you win every time, you should pick stronger opponents. Think of making offers in bussiness. If you win every offer, you are not charging enough. Think of learning a skill. If you never fail, you're probably not pushing hard enough. So no, none of this only applies to engineering or manufacturing. Those are general rules.

[@davekeany5876]

I'm not particularly a Musk fan. But as an Irish teacher who's taught in US schools, I don't think these principals could apply more.

[@insankamil2909]

agree, it gives sense of responsibility, motivating & empowering. dont mess up that process by going backward

[@charlesquesnel2302]

I love your hair Elon

[@gypsism]

What doesn't go in can't break.

[@seanclark2703]

This is Kaizen with more steps...

[@ShaneNull]

question requirements like maybe one way trip to a far away planet that does not support life before we know how to survive on a planet that does support life?

[@Yetipfote]

First question the product owner (respectfully) about the necessity of the feature.

[@Neophobic]

I have told a TA that the questions on the essay for a final were unrelated to the course and unrealistically labor-intensive. It was their attempt at avoiding AI on a takehome exam. He was not happy, but I didn't get an awful grade, although I could tell it was read thoroughly. I dont recommend