One Terrible Habit That Jack Dorsey And Steve Jobs Have In Common

On a busy day, Jack Dorsey has about 360 minutes to himself. That's just six hours to unwind or -- you know, sleep -- before the next day starts. Then, once again, he ping-pongs between the neighboring offices of Twitter, the social network he co-founded nine years ago, and Square, his mobile payments startup. He is the chief executive of both companies, having stepped into the role at Twitter in October. Running two companies is hard. Running two publicly traded companies is harder, especially when investors clamor over underperforming stock. Running two unprofitable, publicly traded companies at critical turning points in their strategies is probably the hardest.  If his dual tenures prove successful, he may earn a place in a small group of celebrity chief executives able to run two companies at once. Steve Jobs did it during his years as the boss of Pixar and Apple. Elon Musk is doing it at his electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SpaceX, his private rocket company.  Jobs could barely handle the stress. The jury's still out on Musk. And based on how little time Dorsey gets to rest, it's unclear how this will pan out for him. A report published Monday in The Wall Street Journal gave a glimpse into how the 39-year-old Dorsey pulls it off: Mr. Dorsey is disciplined about his schedule and habits. For example, current and former Twitter employees say he is known to abruptly get up at the designated end time of a meeting, simply saying, “I’ve got to go.̶...
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