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That’s amazing. May I ask a few follow up questions? Have you written more about this anywhere? Did you do 100+ hours every week or maybe alternative week etc.?

That’s amazing. May I ask a few follow up questions? Have you written more about this anywhere? Did you do 100+ hours every week or maybe alternative week etc.? Did it negatively impact your health? Did you manage to have any family time? Most important of all - what did you do about sleep? If you didn’t get much sleep, how did you sustain that for 4+ years? May I see a sample of your daily schedule? I’m sorry if that was too much and too many questions - I’m deeply interested in this subject.

danieltillett 8y ago
I haven't written up about my 100+ hour weeks specifically, but from 2008 to 2012 I did literally nothing but work and sleep every day (7 days a week). Even eating I did while answering emails, etc. Sleep I didn't skimp on (7 hours average a night, but that is my norm even now). My day would start at 6.30am (sometimes earlier if I needed to call a customer in a bad time zone), eat breakfast while dealing with emails, etc, go to work around 8.30am (I luckily had a short commute), work until lunch, work on my business over lunch, work more and come home around 6 pm, eat dinner and work, then round out the day with some more work, and finally go to bed around 11.30pm (sometime later if I need to call customers, etc). Weekends were much the same except no commute. No I didn't get sick and physically I could have sustained it for as long as I needed, the biggest side effect was my judgement started to become detached from reality. It was a very slow and steady drift, but in hindsight I can see my decisions were not always the best. Nothing catastrophic, but not the best by any means. This was the cost of building a business when you have a family to support. I now get to spend a lot of time with my family, and while it wasn't easy, I still think it was the right decision. Four years of very, very hard work has avoided 30 years of hard work.
- codeisawesome 8y ago
  Thank you for being so open about this. The information helps me a lot. Thanks again.

danieltillett 8y ago

I haven't written up about my 100+ hour weeks specifically, but from 2008 to 2012 I did literally nothing but work and sleep every day (7 days a week). Even eating I did while answering emails, etc. Sleep I didn't skimp on (7 hours average a night, but that is my norm even now). My day would start at 6.30am (sometimes earlier if I needed to call a customer in a bad time zone), eat breakfast while dealing with emails, etc, go to work around 8.30am (I luckily had a short commute), work until lunch, work on my business over lunch, work more and come home around 6 pm, eat dinner and work, then round out the day with some more work, and finally go to bed around 11.30pm (sometime later if I need to call customers, etc). Weekends were much the same except no commute. No I didn't get sick and physically I could have sustained it for as long as I needed, the biggest side effect was my judgement started to become detached from reality. It was a very slow and steady drift, but in hindsight I can see my decisions were not always the best. Nothing catastrophic, but not the best by any means. This was the cost of building a business when you have a family to support. I now get to spend a lot of time with my family, and while it wasn't easy, I still think it was the right decision. Four years of very, very hard work has avoided 30 years of hard work.

codeisawesome 8y ago
Thank you for being so open about this. The information helps me a lot. Thanks again.