Run On It
When mulling over a complex issue, Biz Stone puts the work aside, and laces up for a run. “The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes,” he says in an interview with Runner’s World. “I would pick some problem to have in my head while running. Not for the purpose of solving it, but for the purpose of having it bounce around in there.” Similar to sleeping on it, the idea is the solution will present itself later. “Even though running is physically straining, it’s mentally refreshing,” he says.
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Biz Stone, Co-founder of Twitter
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How These 24 Business Leaders Stay Productive and Successful
- Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
- Marissa Mayer, President and CEO of Yahoo
- Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group
- Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google
- Ursula Burns, Chairman and CEO of Xerox
- Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
- Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
- Martha Stewart, Founder of Martha Stewart Living
- Jack Dorsey, Co-founder of Twitter, Founder and CEO of Square
- Reed Hastings, Co-founder and CEO of Netflix
- Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo
- Drew Houston, Founder and CEO of Dropbox
- Virginia Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO of IBM
- Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
- Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric
- Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation
- Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
- Larry Page, Co-founder and CEO of Google
- Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO of Starbucks
- Meg Whitman, President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
- Biz Stone, Co-founder of Twitter
- Evan Williams, Co-founder of Twitter
- Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook
- Jamie Dimon, Chairman, President and CEO of JPMorgan Chase