Never before 10 in the morning or later than five

One of Jeff Bezos’ great obsessions throughout his career has been optimize time that, by obligation, should use in meetings. Definitely, the founder of Amazon part of the base that a meeting It is a loss of timeso he tries to make the most of the time dedicated to receiving the information to make the appropriate decisions.

Yeah The two pizzas system It became very popular, like the reading of Memorandos with all the information that is going to be treated at the meeting to avoid wandering and loss of time. However, it is not the only rule imposed by the millionaire when it comes to gathering: nothing of Meetings before 10 in the morningnor beyond five in the afternoon.

Rest is the first

Although his hobbies to optimize the time he dedicated to meetings has won the reputation of being an incredibly productive person, the millionaire himself was responsible for dismantling that myth in the Lex Fridman podcast.

During the interview, Bezos confessed a lot in the morning and practice what he calls “The one -hour rule“.” First, I wake up and lazy for a while. I am not as productive as one might think that I am, “Bezos confessed in the interview.

During that first hour after awakeningJeff Bezos tries not to use any screen. He progressively increases his activity, having breakfast with his fiancee Lauren Sánchez and reading the newspaper, as she herself confirmed in An interview for People.

Then, Bezos does some exercise in the gym, and then start his workday. Never program one Meeting before 10 in the morning Because, in this way, it leaves the margin of enough time to your brain to fully activate and thus pay full attention and energy to solve problems.

Research From the University of California published in Nature, they have confirmed that the routine that Bezos uses to begin the day really helps improve cognitive performance and decision making.

Too tired to decide

In An intervention in The Economic Club of Washington In 2018, the millionaire commented on the importance of having adequate break when making important decisions. For that reason, Bezos avoided at all costs to have meetings Beyond five in the afternoon.

“Anything that is really challenging for the mind, that is a meeting at 10 o’clock. Because at five in the afternoon I think: ‘I can’t think of that today. Let’s try this again tomorrow at 10,” said the millionaire Founder of Amazon.

Become aware of the state of mental exhaustion and Its impact In productivity you can make the difference between taking appropriate decisions Or, don’t do it for suffer cognitive deterioration of tiredness and stress accumulated throughout the day.

According to A study Drawing by Microsoft, the human brain needs frequent breaks to achieve optimal performance. Programming meetings at the end of the day makes the Capacity for concentration Do not arrive at your best and, therefore, you run the risk of making more mistakes In decision -making, especially if these are strategic like the ones Jeff Bezos takes in Amazon or in Blue Origin.

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