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I’m a fan of Elon as much as much as any other person but I think a lot of this only works for someone like Elon.

Workaholism isn’t fun nor is it healthy. Maybe for single people it can work but if you give a damn about family or friends it will slowly destroy your life.

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Which one of the recommendations given here do you think would entail workaholism?

Just guessing here, but perhaps it might be the bit where it's claimed he works 100 hours a week?

THat's not one of the recommendations he gives. That's not even part of the email itself.

Perhaps not in this letter, but it sounds exactly like that in this video:

>If somebody else is working 50 hours and you are working 100. You get twice as done - as much done, in the course of a year as the other company.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX7I_Rw8Q0I&#t=4m54

Also, there are a few interviews where he says that [sometimes] he works that much despite being incredible painful.

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