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I think you are confusing working hard vs working to death. I work hard everyday but at some point in a given day I realize that I am not productive anymore. I
by hemantv 12y ago
I think you are confusing working hard vs working to death. I work hard everyday but at some point in a given day I realize that I am not productive anymore.
If something is menial, doesn't require much mental process. Than its okay to keep going but if its something new which require even small amount of mental effort than working super hard is not going to get you anywhere.
I also sometimes work late, because I don't want the context switch that will happen if I leave the task in half completed state right now so I want to take it to logical conclusion where it would easy to pickup next day (in most cases I am excited to see the end product of task).
As with everything in life there is fine line between working hard vs working yourself to death and nobody else can decide this line for you.
- sillysaurus3 12y agoI agree with everything you've said, but if it's true that you can get rich from a startup without working extremely long hours, we should be able to find some evidence of that. And if there's no evidence, then maybe we should rethink whether it's true.
- ridgeguy 12y agoMost founders work very hard, often to destructive excess as portrayed in the article. And most startups fail. This suggests that hard work is weakly correlated with startup success. If so, a dearth of examples of successful startups by founders lacking a chronic death-march work ethic doesn't speak at all to whether burnout is a requirement for success.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoThe HP garage was a part time venture.