Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Some do's and don'ts from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey gave a talk recently at Y Combinator’s Startup School. Ryan Lawler of TechCrunch covered the speech.

He told the crowd that he creates notes for each person he meets, building detailed lists of important things that come from meetings with them, or that he’d like to relay to get things done. He also has a “Do” and “Don’t” list that he takes a look at daily.

That Do list is as follows:

Stay present

Be vulnerable

Drink only lemon water and red wine

Six sets of 20 squats and push-ups every day

Run for 3 miles

Meditate on this list

Stand up straight

Spend 10 minutes with a heavy bag

Say hello to everyone

Get 7 hours of sleep

And the “Don’ts”:

Don’t avoid eye contact

Don’t be late

Don’t set expectations that you can’t meet

Don’t eat sugar

Don’t drink hard liquor or beer during the weekday

2 comments:

Ryan said...

While I might not agree with all his priorities, it's a great idea to constantly refocus your priorities. I might start with something like ... Pray. Put people first. Remember your family. Work at your marriage. Read. Read the Bible. Ask people what's important to them. Talk about what's important to you. ...

Bob's Blog said...

Thanks for commenting, Ryan. I know you do exactly the things you wrote about. I appreciate you.