I wish I could believe this, and for a year or so I did. But the fact of the matter is that of the top 10 startups of the last 5 years, I can't point to any tha

I wish I could believe this, and for a year or so I did. But the fact of the matter is that of the top 10 startups of the last 5 years, I can't point to any that the founding team didn't put in 100 hr+ weeks (including wknds). It seems like everyone I know who is super successful (traders, game developers, startup founders) are working as many or more hours than me. I will admit that they're not necessarily happier, but that's not really the metric I measure myself by. It's easy to say "do what you love", but the fact of the matter is that building meaningful products is going to be painful sometimes. The problems you have to solve aren't always perfectly aligned with your skill set, and you might have to work harder and longer than someone who is smarter or has an advantage that you don't have.