Jeff Bezos says being lazy, not working hard, is the root of anxiety: ‘The stress goes away the second I take that first step’
When life feels chaotic and unmanageable, it often feels easier to just procrastinate or ignore snowballing problems. “I’m listening to my body as a signal that something is wrong, and I find that the stress goes away the second I take the first step.” Bezos, who has a net worth of $257 billion and is the world’s third-richest man, undoubtedly experienced stress while building what is now the No. After all, he started Amazon in a rented garage and had to take 60 meetings to raise the first $1 million in seed capital for his nascent company in the mid-1990s.
- ▪When life feels chaotic and unmanageable, it often feels easier to just procrastinate or ignore snowballing problems.
- ▪“I’m listening to my body as a signal that something is wrong, and I find that the stress goes away the second I take the first step.” Bezos, who has a net worth of $257 billion and is the world’s third-richest man, undoubtedly experienced
- ▪After all, he started Amazon in a rented garage and had to take 60 meetings to raise the first $1 million in seed capital for his nascent company in the mid-1990s.
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When life feels chaotic and unmanageable, it often feels easier to just procrastinate or ignore snowballing problems. But one of the wealthiest and most successful people in the world says that’s not the real cure for anxiety and stress.Recommended Video “I find if I’m stressed about something it’s usually because I’m not doing anything about it,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said in 2017 during a visit to the Museum of Flight in Seattle. “I’m listening to my body as a signal that something is wrong, and I find that the stress goes away the second I take the first step.” Bezos, who has a net worth of $257 billion and is the world’s third-richest man, undoubtedly experienced stress while building what is now the No. 1 Fortune 500 company.
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