I think this topic applies to any work-a-holic, startup or not. The question I have is though, is working all the time really the most productive for your startup?
Sure people can work all the hours that god sends but they can't do it indefinitely. From my own personal experience I know that when I do an hour of exercise every day I sleep less and have more energy. That goes for food too, fast food carb-bombs reduce my productivity dramatically.
I think anyone that suggests that you can optimize one things and ignore everything for success is not offering you a complete or balanced picture. Sure one (or more) people might have been successful while doing that, but was it the thing that gave them their success? Personally I would content Mark Cuban's success comes from his drive, and he'd still have won if he'd got a few more early nights.
Sure people can work all the hours that god sends but they can't do it indefinitely. From my own personal experience I know that when I do an hour of exercise every day I sleep less and have more energy. That goes for food too, fast food carb-bombs reduce my productivity dramatically.
I think anyone that suggests that you can optimize one things and ignore everything for success is not offering you a complete or balanced picture. Sure one (or more) people might have been successful while doing that, but was it the thing that gave them their success? Personally I would content Mark Cuban's success comes from his drive, and he'd still have won if he'd got a few more early nights.