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Meta\u2019s chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, doesn\u2019t feel stressed on a daily basis. In fact, stress is a relatively rare occurrence in his professional life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The CTO plays a key leadership role at Meta, a company known for maintaining rigorous performance standards and regularly trimming underperforming staff. One unit he leads, Reality Labs, has also faced its share of challenges, including major product pullbacks and rounds of layoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bosworth was recently asked, \u201cHow do you deal with work stress?\u201d in an ask-me-anything he hosted on his Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t feel stressed out that often,\u201d he responded on his Instagram. \u201cIt happens to me four or five times a year.\u201d<\/p>\n Bosworth boiled his stress down to a single source: feeling constantly busy. When his schedule gets too packed, he worries that he won\u2019t have enough time for the \u201cimportant work,\u201d which triggers stress.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I start to experience the stress, that\u2019s a useful signal for me,\u201d he said on Instagram. \u201cWhat is the important work that, if you dedicated the time to it, you would be okay? And, how do we reprioritize the urgent stuff that\u2019s being noisy?\u201d<\/p>\n Bosworth handles stress by exercising, deep breathing and spending time with his family. He also likes to talk through his stress with his loved ones, especially his wife, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Adam Markowitz, a former NASA aerospace engineer who runs the $100 million compliance startup Drata, told Entrepreneur<\/em> in December that he manages stress through daily morning exercise and a 37-degree cold plunge.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a ritual I rely on because, for me, doing something difficult and uncomfortable before sunrise sustains discipline,\u201d Markowitz said. \u201cAnd when you push yourself to an extreme physically and mentally first thing in the morning, it tends to make the rest of the day feel a bit easier by comparison.\u201d<\/p>\n Emma Grede, CEO and co-founder of the denim company Good American and a founding partner of Skims (a $4 billion shapewear brand), sticks to a highly regimented schedule to maximize the time she spends with her family and minimize stress. The serial entrepreneur, worth a reported $390 million<\/a>, is a mother of four, with an 11-year-old, an 8-year-old, and 3-year-old twins. <\/p>\n \u201cI run my house like a military operation,\u201d Grede told Entrepreneur<\/em> last year. \u201cIt\u2019s important for me to bring my family together, even for 30 minutes. Touching base and looking at each other is important.\u201d<\/p>\n She asks that everyone be at the breakfast table by 7:40 a.m. for a half hour of family time before school starts. She also dedicates evenings to her family, coming home and having dinner with her husband and kids. However, she will also answer work emails at 10 p.m. if she has to.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI do whatever I have to do to get through the day,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Meta\u2019s chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, doesn\u2019t feel stressed on a daily basis. In fact, stress is a relatively rare occurrence in his professional life.\u00a0<\/p>\n The CTO plays a key leadership role at Meta, a company known for maintaining rigorous performance standards and regularly trimming underperforming staff. One unit he leads, Reality Labs, has also faced its share of challenges, including major product pullbacks and rounds of layoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bosworth was recently asked, \u201cHow do you deal with work stress?\u201d in an ask-me-anything he hosted on his Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHow other executives handle stress<\/h2>\n
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