It is unnecessary to present Elon Musk Y Bill Gates, geniuses with their respective styles and ways of living. Successful, billionaires who try to change the world under their ideals.
But even though Musk may seem more irreverent and controversial than the genius at Microsoft, they have a lot in common when it comes to their daily lives and routines, especially when it comes to “the five hour rule”.
As it explains Ambitthis rule of the five hours that tycoons practice was made known by Thomas Corley, author of Rich Habits, which analyzes the day to day of 200 successful entrepreneurs.
The objective of this rule is to be more productive and that this increases personal and professional development. Invest five hours in human growth and leave the waste of time behind.
What is the 5 hour rule?
The 5 hour rule is to dedicate one hour a day to learning, reflecting and thinkingand its origin dates back to the time when Benjamin Franklin, the remembered American politician, polymath, scientist and inventor, dedicated at least one hour a day specifically to learning something new.
What Elon Musk and Bill Gates do is similar: they use at least one hour of the day to learn, which leads them to exercise their minds and improve their skills.
How can we include in our daily routine an hour to educate ourselves? Reading, listening to a podcast, an audiobook. It also helps to experience new things and reflect on what we have done, what we are doing, what we want to do and what to do to accomplish everything we have as a goal.
In the time they spend reading, both Musk and Gates take notes on whatever caught their attention. Those who know the CEO of Tesla and SpaceXa assure that he spends a lot of time reading books on rocket engineering, while those closest to the philanthropist reveal that he can read 50 books a year.