Meta executive says he only gets stressed five times a year and that it’s actually a ‘useful signal’ |
Meta executive says he only gets stressed five times a year and that it’s actually a ‘useful signal’
CEOs and workers alike struggle with intense pressure from unmanageable workloads, mounting job responsibilities, and lofty business expectations. However Meta’s chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, is good at keeping his cool amid the heat in leading the $1.69 trillion business; If anything, stress is a helpful cue rather than a debilitating feeling.
“I don’t feel stressed out that often,” Bosworth recently said during an “ask-me-anything” session he hosted on his Instagram. “It happens to me four or five times a year.”
Upon identifying the source of his stress, the Meta exec narrowed in on his “trigger”: feeling too busy on the job when there are bigger-picture issues he needs to focus on. Whenever the tasks ramp up and his schedule is stretched thin, he worries that he won’t have ample time to do the “important work.” In that way, the executive’s spiked cortisol acts as a tip-off that he should hit the reset button.
“When I start to experience the stress, that’s a useful signal for me,” Bosworth explained. “What is the important work that, if you........