{"id":65466,"date":"2022-05-03T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=65466"},"modified":"2022-05-09T10:12:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T14:12:49","slug":"elon-musk-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/elon-musk-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s Attitude: The Importance of a DIY Mentality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What kind of attitude does Elon Musk have? How do you apply Elon Musk’s attitude to your own work? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elon Musk’s attitude all starts with a do-it-yourself mentality. The ability to take on multiple roles in his companies makes Musk an exceptional CEO, although once in a while it comes back to bite him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep reading to discover how Elon Musk’s attitude impacts his work and management style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A Do-It-Yourself Attitude<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Musk has a do-it-yourself attitude toward his work, meaning that if he wants something done and he knows how to do it, he\u2019ll do it himself. As part of his DIY mentality, Musk learned to take on many different roles in each of his companies. Even if a task isn\u2019t one typically done by a CEO, he\u2019ll complete it. His job is to fulfill the company\u2019s mission, not be confined by roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musk thinks it\u2019s important that his employees know that he\u2019s working just as hard as he expects them to work. Elon Musk’s attitude is a testament to his belief in their mission. This effort has paid off because his employees and people close to him note that he\u2019s an extremely hard worker. They admire that he\u2019s not afraid to do any job, even working on the factory floor to test a valve seal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, not everyone appreciates this approach. Some employees find this tactic abrasive. For example, employees at Zip2 would return to their work to find that Musk had gone in and changed their code while they were gone. To them, this was rude and made their effort feel like a waste of time. To Musk, this was the quickest fix to the problem he\u2019d noticed. He knew he could fix it and didn\u2019t consider how it would make his employees feel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honoring the Technician Role<\/strong>

The DIY mentality as part of Elon Musk’s attitude is reminiscent of Michael Gerber\u2019s idea of the technician<\/em> in The E-Myth Revisited<\/em><\/a>. The technician is an individualist and a doer who produces the product or service, taking a tactical approach focused on the work that needs to be done. Experts echo the importance of Gerber\u2019s idea of the technician role\u2014which often goes overlooked once the company starts succeeding\u2014noting that a good business leader can complete any job in the company<\/a>. Musk doesn\u2019t slack in his technician role, despite his business\u2019 success.

Gerber explains the three roles or mindsets every business owner needs to cultivate to run a successful business<\/a>. A business won\u2019t succeed if its leader fulfills just one role\u2014it takes all three to succeed: creating a vision<\/a> (entrepreneur), translating your vision into action through systems and processes (manager), and getting the work done (technician). As in the case of Musk, when all three roles are balanced, the business can succeed.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What kind of attitude does Elon Musk have? How do you apply Elon Musk’s attitude to your own work? Elon Musk’s attitude all starts with a do-it-yourself mentality. The ability to take on multiple roles in his companies makes Musk an exceptional CEO, although once in a while it comes back to bite him. Keep reading to discover how Elon Musk’s attitude impacts his work and management style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":65985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,14,33],"tags":[612],"class_list":["post-65466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career","category-management","category-people","tag-elon-musk","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nElon Musk's Attitude: The Importance of a DIY Mentality - Shortform Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elon Musk's attitude starts with a DIY mentality. 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