Millionaires aren’t built in a day but Gen Z does believe it ends at 5 PM. From hundred hour work weeks to working lunches, CEOs think they have cracked the code. Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler resides in the US after his family immigrated from Mumbai. Today, he has a $16 billion firm and is worth more than $60 million.
From starting his work day at 4:30 AM to following a strict morning routine Shipchandler shares that only discipline made him a CFO at 31. “If you were willing to put in the effort, they were willing to give you the opportunity,” he told Fortune.
‘Every work-life choice has consequences’
With dynamic changing corporate norms Shipchandler contradicts. He doesn’t believe that chasing personal time and boundaries will give you the edge in the long run. Reinforcing the age or saying of the early bird gets the worm, he revealed that he even missed some of his son’s tennis matches. However, he does not shy away from having hobbies that enrich your personal time.
A typical day in his life start with checking emails at 4:30 AM followed by coffee, workout and more. Even before his 5500 employees login, he is at work at his multibillion-dollar firm at 7:30 AM. Even with regular travel, he takes his break at 6:30 PM for dinner even managing 20 to 30 minutes of extra work once home.
High-performance habits: Reason behind success
“Habits really matter,” he remarks sharing how he often paces around his house after meetings. His meetings however, famously fall short by 10 minutes increasing his efficiency and those of his guests.
From hitting the treadmill after lunch to “working smarter,” he focuses on his high-performance habits that help him overachieve. “I do not take meetings that I don’t think drive the ball forward for the company, or that don’t bring me energy,” the 51-year-old CEO noted.
Calling these habits, “intentional”, Shipchandler remarked that this routine and abstinence from social media, doesn’t allow “distractions to creep in.”
