Have you ever heard of anyone admitting they’re not fulfilling family obligations? It’s something that those who do, aren’t aware of. People who work 12 hours a

Have you ever heard of anyone admitting they’re not fulfilling family obligations? It’s something that those who do, aren’t aware of. People who work 12 hours a day or spend their time off work doing side projects often are filling a role in their families life but they likely do not know their family - their spouse maybe. Absentee parents don’t see themselves as absentee - they see themselves as being in a provider of material resources role and eschew genuinely knowing or nurturing their children. Source: people with parents like this have been in my dating pool for the last decade, enough that I’m fairly confident this is extremely common. I have seen people who are genuinely good at balancing everything - they operate on very little relaxation time, they’re on a pretty tight schedule and they have flexibility at work and in other projects. This is the minority - most people require direct support from a spouse or other family to maintain this level. Most actually wealthy people who work hire help. In StarCraft there’s a way to think about the game - if someone is rushing you early with a large force, that gives you information about what they can’t be doing at the time as well - you can’t build a stargate while proxying a barracks. The same applies to productivity influencers. Maybe with a lot of other people working for them, and a strict singlular focused mindset, and a sprinkling of neglecting the rest of life, it’s possible.