{"id":39084,"date":"2023-10-20T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/billionaire-founder-of-amazon-reveals-his-secret-to-productivity-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:00:41","slug":"billionaire-founder-of-amazon-reveals-his-secret-to-productivity-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/billionaire-founder-of-amazon-reveals-his-secret-to-productivity-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire founder of Amazon\u00a0reveals his secret to productivity\u00a0 – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Business leaders and entrepreneurs that regularly get a good night\u2019s sleep may have less time to make decisions, but the decisions they do make are better, according to Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the billionaire Amazon founder does what he can to get eight hours of shut-eye a night.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Why this chief executive is paying his employees to sleep more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

While some entrepreneurs claim to only need four hours sleep a night<\/a>, Bezos says eight hours is the amount he needs \u201cto feel energised and excited\u201d.<\/p>\n

And he believes it leads to better results for Amazon shareholders.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you shortchange your sleep, you might get a couple of extra \u2018productive\u2019 hours, but that productivity might be an illusion,\u201d he said in an interview for Arianna Huffington\u2019s recently launched wellness business, Thrive Global<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re talking about decisions and interactions, quality is usually more important than quantity.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking a small number of key decisions well is more important than making a large number of decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Bezos, the idea of finding \u201charmony\u201d between work and home life is more useful than the concept of work-life balance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI prefer the word \u2018harmony\u2019 to the word \u2018balance\u2019 because balance tends to imply a strict tradeoff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, if I\u2019m happy to work, I\u2019m better at home \u2013 a better husband and a better father.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if I\u2019m happy at home, I come into work more energised \u2013 a better employee and a better colleague.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article was originally published on\u00a0SmartCompany<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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