Live Simple. Stay Focused. Mark Zuckerberg. Same Clothes.

 Yesterday I got to read one article on Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and found one thing very interesting.

Before I come to point, in last 25 years I have worked in several companies with different working styles and cultures, as concern to dress code, every company had its dress code usually formal on Mon-Thu and casuals on Fri-Sat.

But there were two companies where people used to wear uniform. In first company it was not company policy, but a self-established rule people set themselves, in that company MD, CEO and CFO used to wear White Shirt and Black Trouser daily. Gradually all staff started following the same dress code. In other company, it was management’s decision. Whenever new employees join, they get three sets of uniform with company logo (Three Shirts, Three Trousers along with Two Sweaters and Two Jackets). Same Fabric/dress material was used for all Employees irrespective of their designation.

Now Come to Mark Zuckerberg, when he was asked (During Q&A Session of FB Head Quarter on 6th November’ 2021), why He use to wear same clothes every day, He gave a very sensible and beautiful reply, in his words :

“I really want to clear my life to make it so that I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community. There’s actually a bunch of psychology theory that even making small decisions, around what you wear or what you eat for breakfast or things like that, they kind of make you tired and consume your energy. My view is I’m in this really lucky position where I get to wake up every day and help serve more than 1 billion people, and I feel like I’m not doing my job if I spend any of my energy on things that are silly or frivolous about my life, so that way I can dedicate all of my energy towards just building the best products and services and helping us reach our goal and achieve this mission of helping to connect everyone in the world and giving them the ability to stay connected with the people that they love and care about. So, that’s what I care about. Even though it sounds silly that that’s my reason for wearing a grey t-shirt every day, it is true.”

This is really a good lesson for people who spends big time just to decide what to wear today or what to cook everyday. It also reminds that everything is energy, and every act/thought uses that energy present within us, so use it wisely, do not waste on small things or decisions but something big and meaningful.

At Last, whenever you read about people like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates & Steve Jobs, you will find two things common:

1. Live Simple.

2. Stay Focused.

Thanks!

#SukhVichar