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The kind of people I know of that do 72-80 hours a week and are wealthy enough to do less, generally the circle of friends are the people you worked with/your c
by xemdetia 10y ago
The kind of people I know of that do 72-80 hours a week and are wealthy enough to do less, generally the circle of friends are the people you worked with/your clients. Doing good work for people at your own leisure and participating in the community in that fashion is actually something I see those type of people really get a lot of satisfaction out of- like the article says a status thing. Going to local Chamber of Commerce style events, sponsoring/participating in parades, events, youth leagues and so on. Being able to write the check to send the school science team to a national competition as just a generous member of the community at large can mean a lot.
Family gets neglected in that case, or nepotism'd so you can see them.
The act of doing business for those sorts of people is play.
- jazzyk 10y agoHmm, I did not know "going to parades, events... and so on" was considered working? That's probably how Marissa Mayer was "working" 130 hrs/week :-)
- tedmiston 10y agoThat's certainly work when you're the spokesperson of a company. Though we can debate about priorities of course.
- xemdetia 10y agoPlanning and participating in events is actually quite a bit of logistics work. It isn't just showing up to consume, it's presenting/booth stuff and so on. There's a difference between showing up to an event and participating/running the event that often gets put on the better planner types.
- rhizome 10y agoI wonder how many hours "emailing at midnight" counts for, does the workday extend to the last activity?