Why Jeff Bezos schedules high IQ meetings 10 a.m. to noon

Why Jeff Bezos schedules high IQ meetings 10 a.m. to noonWhy Jeff Bezos schedules high IQ meetings 10 a.m. to noonAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos is rather particular about scheduling meetings.He famously popularized the two pizza meeting rule, which holds that you should generally avoid meetings so large that two pizza pies wouldnt be enough to feed the entire group.When Bezos spoke Thursday night at a dinner with Economic Club of Washington, DC, he threw out a few more scheduling guidelines.The Amazon CEO avoids attending meetings first thing in the morning. Business Insider previously reported that he likes to eat breakfast with his wife Mackenzie and their children.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreBezos instead slots his top-priority meetings between 10 a.m. and noon.I do my high-IQ meetings before lunch, he said, according to Axios. Like anything thats going to be really mentally chal lenging, thats a 10 oclock meeting.And if an issue presents itself in the late afternoon, Bezos usually will hold off on convening a meeting about it until the next day.By 5 p.m., Im like, I cant think about that today. Lets try this again tomorrow at 10 a.m, he said.So how does the Amazon CEO stay sharp at his mid-morning meetings? He said that he prioritizes sleep in order to boost his energy and mood. And, when it comes to making high-impact decisions, Bezos said that quality trumps quantity.As a senior executive, you get paid to make a small number of high-quality decisions, he said, according to Axios. Your job is not to make thousands of decisions every day. Is that really worth it if the quality of those decisions might be lower because youre tired or grouchy?Bezos concluded that its enough for him to make around three good decisions every day.Warren Buffett says hes good if he makes three good decisions a year, he added.This article first appeared on Business Insider.Why Je ff Bezos schedules high IQ meetings 10 a.m. to noonAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos is rather particular about scheduling meetings.He famously popularized the two pizza meeting rule, which holds that you should generally avoid meetings so large that two pizza pies wouldnt be enough to feed the entire group.When Bezos spoke Thursday night at a dinner with Economic Club of Washington, DC, he threw out a few more scheduling guidelines.The Amazon CEO avoids attending meetings first thing in the morning. Business Insider previously reported that he likes to eat breakfast with his wife Mackenzie and their children.Bezos instead slots his top-priority meetings between 10 a.m. and noon.I do my high-IQ meetings before lunch, he said, according to Axios. Like anything thats going to be really mentally challenging, thats a 10 oclock meeting.And if an issue presents itself in the late afternoon, Bezos usually will hold off on convening a meeting about it until the next day.By 5 p.m., Im like, I cant think about that today. Lets try this again tomorrow at 10 a.m, he said.So how does the Amazon CEO stay sharp at his mid-morning meetings? He said that he prioritizes sleep in order to boost his energy and mood. And, when it comes to making high-impact decisions, Bezos said that quality trumps quantity.As a senior executive, you get paid to make a small number of high-quality decisions, he said, according to Axios. Your job is not to make thousands of decisions every day. Is that really worth it if the quality of those decisions might be lower because youre tired or grouchy?Bezos concluded that its enough for him to make around three good decisions every day.Warren Buffett says hes good if he makes three good decisions a year, he added.This article first appeared on Business Insider.