That’s for maxxed out knowledge work. Most of running a business is simply doing mid grade knowledge/admin/management work in a responsible, cares-about-the-outcome aligned fashion, which you don’t get from some $50k/y admin person or middle manager.

I would say that less than 25% of a startup CEO’s workload requires the “well-rested, highest quality thinking” that you describe. A lot of it is simply quantity and determination. The output of “having grit” is not that you are suddenly smarter - it’s that you are less willing to stop.

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trollbridge 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well said.

I’d be a far more successful startup CEO if I were cracked out Vyvanse right now because I’d be getting g done mind numbing but necessary tasks with deadlines.

As it is I made a decision a while ago to prioritise personal health over greater business success.

	▲	olivermuty 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have been solving this by automating anything that is done more than once. Automation can mean building a micro app or building out a prompt that can be reused later or something in between. More work up front but easier to motivate myself when I know that next time the chore takes a few mins of input and output validation

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djtango an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

We like to talk about startups here cos it's HN but when I watch the news it's clear that world leaders clearly don't work 40 hour weeks.

Like whatever else you say about the POTUS it's shocking how many hours he must be working at 80 years of age with or without "help"

	▲	sneak 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		How much of watching fox news, eating big macs, golfing, and cavorting with natalie harp is counted in those “many hours he must be working”? I can’t imagine he actually works that much. His output isn’t really there. We already know he doesn’t read the daily briefing (reports suggest he never reads anything at all) and it’s pretty clear 99% of what his admin does is the result of legwork from people who are not him.