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I concur with the quote by Elon Musk. If your goal is to "achieve greatness", that is. That's not what a lot of people want to do. In that case, those people sh

I concur with the quote by Elon Musk. If your goal is to "achieve greatness", that is. That's not what a lot of people want to do. In that case, those people should work smarter for less time. If you do want to achieve greatness, yes, you will burn out from time to time. Deal with it. Yes, it's harder when you have kids, but it's doable, if you have a loving and supporting partner at home. If you are hungry enough, you can do it. If you're not hungry enough, that's ok. Enjoy yourself.

Peroni 13y ago
100hr week = 16hr days assuming you take one day off per week. 16hr days + 6hrs sleep = 2 non-working hours a day. Personally I would rather live in comfortable mediocrity and spend significant time with my wife and son than distance myself from them in exchange for money. Each to his own I guess.
- nugget 13y ago
  It's not always about money. Some people just want to put that dent in the universe.
  - Peroni 13y ago
    I'd argue that I'm doing my bit to change the world by ensuring I raise an emotionally stable, empathetic, happy human being. During the day I do my bit by helping others find a job that actually makes them happy. I may not be sending folk to space or building faster ways for people to get to work but I feel like I make some difference. Again, different strokes for different folks.
parasight 13y ago
You should not take burn out so lightly. A burn out can have severe consequences like depression and coronary heart diseases. You make it sound like a cold. It's not. It can take month or years to recover. If I had children I would like to spend time with them. I also love to spend time with my loving partner. That is why I have a loving partner: to spend time with her. Work is an integral part of my life still I don't live to work.
forgottenpaswrd 13y ago
"If your goal is to "achieve greatness", that is. That's not what a lot of people want to do." When I was a child I was a tennis player, and went to tournaments around Spain. I met hundreds of amazing players at the time that "gave it all" to tennis and never did it(Go to special tennis schools, leave studies, train extra hard at the "pain is weakness mantra"[and get injuries]). I met Rafael Nadal too. A normal kid, going to a normal school, with normal friends, and normal girlfriend and with his uncle controlling he did not abused training. He also played football with his friends at the beach(he is really good playing football too).
pyalot2 13y ago
If you really concur then you'll be comfortable to sit in a car or rocket that's produced by an army of zombies so dog-tired that if they where truck drivers they'd legally be considered a road hazard. Of course you wouldn't, nobody would, and you don't believe that's how Musks cars and rockets are produced, that'd be crazy and irresponsible. But somehow it's not crazy and irresponsible to drive a company in a state where you'd be forbidden to go on the road.

Peroni 13y ago

100hr week = 16hr days assuming you take one day off per week. 16hr days + 6hrs sleep = 2 non-working hours a day. Personally I would rather live in comfortable mediocrity and spend significant time with my wife and son than distance myself from them in exchange for money. Each to his own I guess.

nugget 13y ago
It's not always about money. Some people just want to put that dent in the universe.
- Peroni 13y ago
  I'd argue that I'm doing my bit to change the world by ensuring I raise an emotionally stable, empathetic, happy human being. During the day I do my bit by helping others find a job that actually makes them happy. I may not be sending folk to space or building faster ways for people to get to work but I feel like I make some difference. Again, different strokes for different folks.

parasight 13y ago

You should not take burn out so lightly. A burn out can have severe consequences like depression and coronary heart diseases. You make it sound like a cold. It's not. It can take month or years to recover. If I had children I would like to spend time with them. I also love to spend time with my loving partner. That is why I have a loving partner: to spend time with her. Work is an integral part of my life still I don't live to work.

forgottenpaswrd 13y ago

"If your goal is to "achieve greatness", that is. That's not what a lot of people want to do." When I was a child I was a tennis player, and went to tournaments around Spain. I met hundreds of amazing players at the time that "gave it all" to tennis and never did it(Go to special tennis schools, leave studies, train extra hard at the "pain is weakness mantra"[and get injuries]). I met Rafael Nadal too. A normal kid, going to a normal school, with normal friends, and normal girlfriend and with his uncle controlling he did not abused training. He also played football with his friends at the beach(he is really good playing football too).

pyalot2 13y ago

If you really concur then you'll be comfortable to sit in a car or rocket that's produced by an army of zombies so dog-tired that if they where truck drivers they'd legally be considered a road hazard. Of course you wouldn't, nobody would, and you don't believe that's how Musks cars and rockets are produced, that'd be crazy and irresponsible. But somehow it's not crazy and irresponsible to drive a company in a state where you'd be forbidden to go on the road.