Walter Isakson set out to write about a world-changing genius in Elon Musk and found a man addicted to chaos and conspiracy.

I'm thinking it's idiotic to buy Twitter because he doesn't have a fingertip feel for social emotional networks.

The book launched a thousand hot takes,

so I sat down with Isakson to try to get past the noise.

I like the fact that people who say I'm not as tough on Musk

as I should be are always using anecdotes for my book to show why we should be tough on Musk.

Join me, Evan Ratliff, for On Musk with Walter Isickson.

Listen on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to batch small tasks so they don't take over your whole schedule.

Like a lot of people who listen to this show, I love to make to-do lists, and I really like

crossing things off the list. I have been known to put things on my

to-do list after doing them just so I can cross them off. I don't know why this feels

so satisfying, but I know that it does.

Now this might seem harmless, but here's the problem.

Everything on the to-do list occupies an equal line in terms of space.

All feel equally satisfying to cross off.

But not all are equally important.

Writing the chapter abstracts for a book proposal and spending an hour editing my novel and ordering a birthday present for a weekend party might all be on the list.

The first two are going to require a lot of focused thought and work. The latter, not so much.

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