Even though he is one of the world's wealthiest people and the CEO of Meta he still has bad feelings at the beginning of a work day.
He told Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience that he wakes up and is punched in the stomach.
As his company has grown from a startup to a tech giant, it's become more stressed.
He said you should wake up in the morning and see his phone. It is usually bad. People will let me know the good things in person.
For an hour or two, he does something physical after taking in all the information. He said that doesn't include running for him since he said it's difficult to avoid thinking while running. His goal is to be fully engaged physically and intellectually to the point where he can't afford to pay attention to anything else.
There is something "primal" about jujitsu, he said.
It is important for me to maintain my energy and focus. "After an hour or two of working out, I'm ready to go solve whatever problem at work for the day, and I've fully processed all the different news for the day that's coming in."
Rogan thought that the life of the social media mogul could be weird. The pressure must be on him in the background, Rogan said. He paused for a moment and said that there is always more to be done.
At a time when there is so much digital access to information and being sucked into social media, there is a need for balance. Even as the leader of two major social media platforms, he understands that. One of his competitors contributes to his stress.
He said that it was difficult to spend a lot of time on the social networking site.
Fortune asked Meta for comment, but she didn't reply immediately.
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