Success has nothing to do with giving up your life

posted by Jeff | Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 10:31 PM | comments: 0

37signals: The Lifestyle Business Bullshit

It’s been a long time since there was a direct correlation with the number of hours you work and the success you enjoy. It’s an antiquated notion from the days of manual labour that has no bearing on the world today. When you’re building products or services, there’s a nonlinear connection between input and output. You can put in just a little and still get out a spectacular lot.

This is something I've been saying for a long time, and it's quite the obvious of the stuff that Jason Calacanis is constantly spouting. I think smart people work smart, not more. I think the smart comes in part from experiencing life and doing many things.

I'd like to think I'm an entrepreneur with modest (i.e., not day job money) success, and while I've had spurts of hard work, it has never consumed me enough to entirely define me. Honestly, if I ever got to that point, I'd question why I do it at all.


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