Jack Dorsey, Media Professionals

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Jack Dorsey… eats one meal a day, fasts at the weekend and has been known to avoid eye contact for ten days straight. All this, he says, to improve his mental “wellness”.

Mr. Dorsey, 42, starts his day with an ice bath at 5am. “Nothing has given me more mental confidence than being able to go straight from room temperature into the cold,” he told the Ben Greenfield Fitness podcast. “I feel like if I can will myself to do that thing that seems so small but hurts so much, I can do nearly anything.” To test his endurance Mr Dorsey sometimes alternates three-minute cold dips with 15-minute sessions in a barrel sauna at 104C.

Meditation, John Collier (1850-1934) 
Photo Credit: Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service [CC BY-NC] 

Then comes an hour of meditation, which he describes as “extremely painful and demanding physical and mental work.”

There is no breakfast. Mr Dorsey eats one meal on weekdays: “a really big” supper of fish, chicken or steak with arugula salad, spinach or brussels sprouts. There are berries for pudding.

Weekends involve more prolonged fasting. “I won’t have dinner or any meal on Saturday. And the first time I’ll eat will be Sunday evening,” he said. The reason? “It just became so apparent to me how much of our days are centred around meals.” Mr Dorsey was criticised on Twitter…for promoting an unhealthy diet. He has not responded.

…After a retreat to Burma last year he tweeted: “During the ten days: no devices, reading, writing, physical exercise, music, intoxicants, meat, talking, or even eye contact with others. It’s free: everything is given to meditators by charity.”

(The Times, 2019)

Some details have been omitted about our Jack. Why don’t you look him up if you are interested?

                                                    

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