> In the Midwest, where I grew up, you shrug off a ­compliment like that and think a lot of people in the world are really busy, like President Obama. And then

> In the Midwest, where I grew up, you shrug off a ­compliment like that and think a lot of people in the world are really busy, like President Obama. And then President Obama started posting YouTube videos for fun. I have nothing against Marissa Mayer and some respects really appreciate having a prominent female CEO but did anyone else find that shocking that she would say that? I mean she is a CEO. Wouldn't she want to avoid talking about US political figures. Also I'm not really sure if it is a dig or a compliment. It could be a compliment. Lots of busy people can have the facade of looking like they have relaxing lives which takes even more work. There is also an intensity factor of work. Some work is insanely intense both physically and mentally and you just can't do 130 hours. I did consulting for 40 hours a month for a brief period. Those 40 hours felt like 40 hours a week. Meanwhile I worked on my own startup and early in its fledgling years my wife complained about how many hours I worked (she claims more than 90 hours) but to me it felt like 40 hour work week.