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Valuing hard work, reading and trying to be financially successful is something completely unrelated to trying to do 18 hour work days, skimming several books a

Valuing hard work, reading and trying to be financially successful is something completely unrelated to trying to do 18 hour work days, skimming several books a day, and running the hamster wheel off the peg and into the frying pan. Hard work is often what is required to be successful, but just mindlessly toiling away is not the key ingredient to success. Also, what good is a friend who wouldn't come to your aid in the hardest of times?

MuffinFlavored 4y ago
> Valuing hard work, reading and trying to be financially successful is something completely unrelated to trying to do 18 hour work days Are you trying to say "it's easy to be financially successful by working 8 hours a day instead of 18 hours"? like... it's "overstated" that people think they need to "work more/work harder" to become successful?
- eptcyka 4y ago
  I'd say you'll probably spend more money on medical bills I'd you were to work 18 hour days 5 days a week for any meaningful amount of time. Or one might be sorely mistaken about what constitutes 18 hour work days - does that include travel and eating time too?
  - CRConrad 4y ago
    That schedule seems untenable even in the fairly short run. If you really need to work 90-hour weeks, six days of fifteen hours (and just one day off in stead of two) feels much more like something you could keep up for at least a month, perhaps even more. If nothing else, 18-hour workdays leave at the most five hours for sleep (and only one for everything else, like mealtimes and hygiene), so you'll be pretty damn bushed come Thursday and Friday. 15 hours of work would leave seven for sleep, and double your everything-else time to a luxurious two.
- lmm 4y ago
  Easy, no. Easier, yes. People absolutely overvalue putting in more time/effort, which actually has pretty poor returns.
- austinjp 4y ago
  Define "successful".

MuffinFlavored 4y ago

> Valuing hard work, reading and trying to be financially successful is something completely unrelated to trying to do 18 hour work days Are you trying to say "it's easy to be financially successful by working 8 hours a day instead of 18 hours"? like... it's "overstated" that people think they need to "work more/work harder" to become successful?

eptcyka 4y ago
I'd say you'll probably spend more money on medical bills I'd you were to work 18 hour days 5 days a week for any meaningful amount of time. Or one might be sorely mistaken about what constitutes 18 hour work days - does that include travel and eating time too?
- CRConrad 4y ago
  That schedule seems untenable even in the fairly short run. If you really need to work 90-hour weeks, six days of fifteen hours (and just one day off in stead of two) feels much more like something you could keep up for at least a month, perhaps even more. If nothing else, 18-hour workdays leave at the most five hours for sleep (and only one for everything else, like mealtimes and hygiene), so you'll be pretty damn bushed come Thursday and Friday. 15 hours of work would leave seven for sleep, and double your everything-else time to a luxurious two.
lmm 4y ago
Easy, no. Easier, yes. People absolutely overvalue putting in more time/effort, which actually has pretty poor returns.
austinjp 4y ago
Define "successful".