A pattern of I've noticed in the careers of the ambitious: work long hours when you're getting started (when you both can and must), and 4 hours a day when you're established (when you can't and needn't).
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Perhaps if you were extra-ambitious and lived super healthily, you could continue to work long hours after you were established. I'm not sure about that.
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6 hours is a healthy balance I think
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A good example is Clint Eastwood. Not sure how many hours he puts in every day but at 88 he is still making good movies.
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I believe there's a huge drop off in peak mental performance after 4 highly productive hours. So there's no reason to work more. Everything else is a waste of time (meetings, etc) if you consider that the alternative is spending time on important things like family & books.
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You are your habits.
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Not necessarily.
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Warren Buffett is a good example of someone who continued to work long hours after he was established. Another example is Euler. Both were ambitious, certainly; but ambition is not the only driver of work obsession. For some people, the work itself is its own reward.
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Working out OK for me. I wouldn't say "super healthily", but above par for a programmer at 48, and still putting in the hours.
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Isn't this contradicting with your article about the biggest regrets of dying? (http://paulgraham.com/todo.html )
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