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It is possible to have a social and work life balance. As an entrepreneur it will always weigh towards work but doing 6-7 days (80 hours) a week for years shows

• larrys 14y ago
  "either that you enjoy it or there is a problem in product or delegation abilities." I agree that some people have a problem "in product or delegation abilities". Unfortunately business is about risk and constant change. If you don't have enough squirreled away when the rainy day comes you will be dead in the water. The world is littered with business people who didn't think things in their business would ever change. Maybe you own a restaurant and a competitor opens up down the street? Maybe you work in video post production, with network clients, but then their business drops so your business goes out the window. Are you prepared for that (Andy Grove of course said "only the paranoid survive". And that is true from my many years.) Related, have you ever heard of someone winning a medal or being atop in sports or entertainment and at least in the early years not working 24x7 to achieve their dream? "shows either that you enjoy it " It is well know that in order to succeed at something you have to enjoy it to the point of wanting to do it all the time and being a work workaholic. You will always be able to find cases where there are exceptions of course but point is whether you want to be at the top or merely make sure you aren't one day in a van down by the river you better be working pretty hard.