9 successful people who can go hours without checking email or phone

9 successful people who can go hurs without checking schmelzglasle or phone9 successful people who can go hours without checking email or phoneWhen youre the founder or CEO of a company, its a given that people are going to be vying for your time and attention. Its your choice how to respond.Some of those CEOs and founders opt to be glued to their phones all day, checking email and the news. Others opt to limit the energy they devote to digital technology, going hours, days, and sometimes weeks without checking in.Below, weve listed nine successful people who have spoken publicly about digital detoxing, checking out, and going off the grid. Read on to find out how and why they do itHinge CEO Justin McLeod disconnects from work for a week or two at a timeMcLeod, who founded dating appHinge, recentlydeleted the email appfrom his phone. Hes found himself to be a happier person.Im a much better decision-maker, Im a much better strategist, Im a much better leader when Im not wrapped up in the minutia of whats going on in the company and whats going on in the world, McLeodtold Business Insider. Im giving myself the space.He also tries to disconnect from work for one or two weeks every year. That helps me clarify my thoughts, when Im not sucked up in the instant day-to-day operations of Hinge, McLeod said.Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff completely unplugged for 2 weeksCNBC reports that in July 2018, Benioff mailed his iPhone and iPad to his summer home in Hawaii - then left for a two-week vacation in the Galapagos Islands, Bora Bora and Easter Island.Benioff has long been a proponent of meditation, mindfulness, and seeing the world with a beginners mind, a concept from Zen Buddhism that describes constantly seeing the world anew, as if you didnt know anything about it.While meditating and taking calls exclusively by landline that summer, Benioff realized he was too busy and decided to bring on a co-CEO.Thrive Global CEO Arianna Huffington tucks her phone into bed at nigh tArianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global (and previously, HuffPost) has for years been championing sleep as the key to success. So perhaps its no surprise that she advocates keeping your phone out of your bedroom, like she does.In aMedium interview, Huffington said she puts her phone to bed. She added, Our phones are repositories of everything we need to put away in order to sleep our to-do lists, our inboxes, the demands of the world. Charging your phone away from your bed makes you more likely to wake up as fully charged as your phone.And she never checks her phone first thing in the morning.Kode With Klossy founder Karlie Kloss takes a weekly digital detoxWhen former supermodel Kloss is at home, she admittedto the Mirrorthat I keep my phone pretty close to me.But Kloss also said she takes a regular digital detox. I will totally shut off and not post Instagrams or answer my emails. I think its important to step away for a minute and actually reconnect with people and reconnect with yourself, she told the Mirror.Tommy John CEO Tom Patterson doesnt check email during regular work hoursIn aninterview with Inc., Patterson said he minimized the number of emails he received daily with a simple strategy. Patterson, who is the CEO of mens clothing companyTommy John, set up an automatic response that readI am currently checking email before 9am and after 5pm EST so there will be a delayed response. If this is urgent please call or text.Patterson said that indeed, he now checks his email before 9 a.m. and right after 5 p.m., but never in between.Gyana CEO Joyeeta Das goes on silent retreats or deep-sea missions twice a yearI love extreme tech all the time, Dastold Forbes. Sometimes its more alive than humans if one could see its intricacies.Das is the CEO of big-data startupGyana, and she told Forbes that twice a year she goes on silent retreats or deep-sea missions, which are her versions of a digital detox.My ultimate choices are islands in deep sea sur rounded by marine mammals where nature rules, in places like Thailand, the Philippines or Bora Bora thats where Im at the mercy of water and faith in the universe, and this recharges me every time.Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett doesnt have a smartphoneApple CEO Tim Cook has tried to convince legendary investor Buffett to get a smartphone, to no avail.In fact, as of 2018, Buffett still had a Samsung flip phone, which heshowed offon CNBCs Squawk Box.Buffett also oncejoked about his phoneon CNN This is the one Alexander Graham Bell gave me.John Paul Mitchell Systems cofounder John Paul DeJoria doesnt use computersIn anotherInc. interview, DeJoria, who is also the founder of tequila maker Patron Spirits Co., said he doesnt use email or a computer.I would be so inundated that I wouldnt be able to get any work done, he told Inc. Instead, I do everything in person or on the phone. I have a phone book thats 15 years old and filled with whiteout and rewrites. I carry that everywhere.K arl Lagerfeld creative director Karl Lagerfeld doesnt use the internetIn 2010, Lagerfeld toldWomens Wear Dailythat he buys computers because they are beautiful objects.He also said that he doesnt use any kind of cell phone. My eyes are open, but they are not limited to a screen, he told WWD. For me, the world is a huge screen. Thats how I see it.Then, in 2018, Lagerfeld toldThe Cutthat he doesnt do internet or Facebook. I have assistants who inform me about what I have not seen, he said. Personally, I have no time.(Lagerfeld does have aTwitter account, suggesting that he uses the internet, but its unclear if he publishes the tweets himself.)This article was originally published on Business Insider.