Leverage Leisure
EVEN BILLIONAIRES NEED TO UNPLUG
Twice a year, Microsoft cofounder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates fills his tote bag with books that cover a wide array of topics, leaves his everyday responsibilities behind, and heads to Hood Canal in the Pacific Northwest to read and think. For a seven-day stretch, he disconnects from all communication with the outside world. In a waterfront cottage, he finds himself in complete solitude with no visitors except for someone who delivers his meals. Gates began taking what he refers to as “think weeks” in the 1990s, when he was still running Microsoft, and has continued this practice ...
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