I Read Elon Musk’s 69 Rules for Success | The Book of Elon Book Review

I read The Book of Elon by Eric Jorgenson, a collection of Elon Musk’s most useful ideas on purpose, engineering, business, hiring, intensity and problem-solving, presented largely through Musk’s own words. Rather than another Elon Musk biography, this book attempts to distil his operating system: how he thinks, why he works with such extreme intensity and which principles have shaped companies including Tesla and SpaceX. But does it offer anything genuinely new? 00:00 What is The Book of Elon? 00:28 How I received the book 01:03 This is not an Elon Musk biography 01:48 Three million words distilled 02:24 More than 1,000 source references 03:10 The 69 Core Musk Methods 03:35 How the book is designed 03:56 My background with Elon Musk 04:42 Why so much of it felt familiar 05:45 Is it useful as a reference book? 06:35 Why I probably wouldn’t reread it 07:19 Who should read this book? 07:55 Elon’s “ultra hardcore” philosophy 08:24 Success because of—or despite—his methods? 08:43 My biggest criticism of the book 09:49 The reader who may find it transformative 10:26 My final recommendation 10:58 Elon Musk’s recommended reading list 12:01 Final verdict Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcast Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Xs9DjsurFq Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast