Max Levchin is like the Energizer Bunny. See show #2 on NerdTV: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/ http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/ He said wh

Max Levchin is like the Energizer Bunny. See show #2 on NerdTV: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/ http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/ He said when he's not doing a start-up he lays on the couch morose, whereas he's happy and enjoying life when he IS doing a start-up. I infer that the secret of success is to link pleasure to working on your start-up and pain to NOT doing it. If your start-up feels like a grind then it's doomed. Fortunately, you can re-program your emotional responses via various techniques. You pretty much want to do that regardless so that if you do strike it rich, you don't feel useless and indolent for the rest of your life afterward. The continued success stories are the people who were REALLY into what they did. For example, Bill Gates could have retired long ago; Michael Jordan didn't win one championship and decide that was all he wanted; Steve Jobs kept on going while Steve Wozniak checked out, relaxed, and got fat. (I love Woz, I just think if you're possibly the world's best at what you do, abruptly stopping can't be very fulfilling, even though I understand he did many other worthwhile things like teaching kids.)