The author has a hard time telling apart what works, vs what aligns with his personality and energy levels. Not everyone who is an excellent contributor needs

The author has a hard time telling apart what works, vs what aligns with his personality and energy levels. Not everyone who is an excellent contributor needs to be willing to work on weekends or have that 'go-getter' energy. The optimal path is one of optimizing for the path of least resistance, while this fella seems intent on rushing ahead, head first, until something breaks, or as he calls it, gets 'worn down'. Of course if you lack the brains to be able to comprehend what the path of least resistance is, the next best thing is to be extra energetic and try everything until something sticks. That's this guy in a nutshell. This type of approach to life is often destructive and abusive, what the author calls having a 'short fuse'. These extra energetic folks need to be reigned in by people who have a working brain, then the extra energetic people can be excellent. This can be seen in sports, where a group of intelligent people take extra energetic maniacs and mold them into championship teams.