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Of course not trying cram as much in as possible makes life better. However tell that to a CEO who has built a business off an unsustainable, for a normal perso
by Taylor_OD 6y ago
Of course not trying cram as much in as possible makes life better. However tell that to a CEO who has built a business off an unsustainable, for a normal person who wants to have a life outside of work, efficiency mindset.
- 1123581321 6y agoOr a CEO who is keenly aware of the benefit of what they do. It would be difficult, for example, to convince a solar manufacturer that panel costs should decrease slowly when they know how many fossil fuel plants will be built because of that.
- r00fus 6y agoThis was me a few years ago. Hyper-efficient, doing 60+h weeks + workouts + family. Couldn't imagine it differently. Then I had a medical condition that required me to slow down, changing my lifestyle completely. Only in retrospect do realize my situation was extremely fragile.
- 082349872349872 6y agoThe CEO gets it from above. Investors want to hold a portfolio with a particular risk/return profile. In order to do that, the individual components of the portfolio need to be running at higher risk, higher return profiles. (Portfolio theory is why I am in favour of social safety nets. A worker wishes a relatively safe risk/return profile will voluntarily choose a much higher risk job when they can combine it with a low-risk backstop.)