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I’ve had a few failed and a few successful ventures. Every time I have failed, it was due to tunnel vision caused by a poor work life balance. Now I hardly wor
by adammunich 5y ago
I’ve had a few failed and a few successful ventures. Every time I have failed, it was due to tunnel vision caused by a poor work life balance.
Now I hardly work at all, but am far more successful than I was while working 80 hour weeks. Making sure to be well rested keeps my mind clear and I make substantially better choices as a result.
Keeping time available to experience the real world outside of my immediate existence is tremendously beneficial. When I am on no artificial clock, I can experience how other people live their lives at their own pace, and what you can learn from them is often surprising.
- math-dev 5y agoThis resonated with me. I frequently get caught up in tunnel vision and miss the forest from the trees. And then the worlds moved on and I unintentionally spent too much time on the wrong activities. Its happened enough times that I’m confident I won’t make the mistake again (hopefully that is ingrained wisdom by now)
- muzani 5y agoInterestingly, the time I succeeded, I did 100 hour weeks. However, I think working long hours was a mistake. For one thing, it encourages bad habits - if you're working double the time, you should be bringing in another co-founder or employee. My co-founder helped me a ton with the tunnel vision, but I should have just taken a step back and looked at the right things.