the classified ads website Craigslist in the United States.
Musk, the billionaire who has more than 63 million followers on his Twitter account responded to the Tweet on Sethi’s tale with two fire emojis. The job paid $8 per hour, where the individual was made to sit next to Sethi at a cafe or at his house, observing his screen to ensure he was not using Facebook. However, the question now is why did Sethi reinstate such punitive measures? According to his blog post statement, “Having worked mostly alone, on my computer, I found that the majority of my time is spent unproductively”.
The businessman quantified his productivity by running a software in the background of his computer that tracks how much time he spends on various websites. Sethi also shared the benefits of the software. He said, “It lets you see exactly how much time you spent hard at work on your Excel spreadsheet—and exactly how much time you wasted watching episodes”. Sethi added, “Nothing makes me more embarrassed than seeing the amount of hours I spend wasted on Reddit and Facebook chat.”
At this period, Sethi realized that he wanted someone to direct him towards work with the authority to smack him if he cheated. Sethi’s productivity increased dramatically after he hired a lady to watch his screen and spank him if he cheated. Sethi concluded his note saying, “My average productivity runs around 35-40% on most days. When Kara sat next to me, my productivity skyrocketed to 98%”.
The slap test, which took place in 2012, is going viral now after finding a billionaire fan of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Musk received a prompt response from Sethi. He wrote, “Is @elonmusk giving me two emojis the highest I’ll ever reach? Is this my icarus flying too close to the sun moment? Was that implied by the fire symbols elon posted? Time will tell”.
