Twitter CEO Thinks Elon Musk¡¯s 20 Hours Work Day Is Unnecessary

We¡¯re seeing how Elon Musk has been on a roll this year, with the share prices of its car company Tesla skyrocketing and making him the fourth richest person in the world today.

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Now all these fruits are surely the product of hard work and we¡¯re already aware of how he is known to work for nearly 20 hours in a day. However, in a recent interview, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square thinks that this isn't the way to go.

Reported first by CNBC, Dorsey was in a conversation with The Boardroom: Out Of Office Podcast, where he said, ¡°...success means I work 20 hours a day and I sleep four-- because that¡¯s what I read that Elon Musk does¡­ this is bullsh**t.¡±

He added that working in this fashion will only result in severe burnouts, ¡°I would rather optimise for making every hour meaningful ¡ª or every minute meaningful ¡ª than I would maximizing the number of hours or minutes I¡¯m working on a thing.¡±

Dorsey shared how throughout his day he practices vipassana meditation that helps him get through a stressful day. During his commute, he loves listening to podcasts as he feels he ends up learning something new during that time. He said, ¡°The most important thing about that morning is, I meditated, which means I calmed my head, I did some physical exercise, I learned in just a short, effectively three-hour window before my meeting started.¡±

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Throughout his day, Dorsey revealed that he tries to avoid distractions to get more work done in a particular time frame, ¡°I just get so much more done and time really slows down, so the hour feels like three hours.¡± He dedicates one half of the day managing Twitter and the other half managing Square. He ends his day by going home and cooking dinner, just like the rest of us.

Do you think Dorsey's way of life makes more sense or Musks¡¯s? Tell us in the comments section below.