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Re:Why founders need hobbies by onion2k on Thursday May 10, 2018 @01:04AM (#17036527)
Sometimes putting more work time in is less useful than than taking time to improve the quality of that work. 14 hours working at 75% capacity because you're tired, isolated, or missing social stimulation is worse than 10 hours at 100% of your capacity.

Many founders find missing their friends and hobbies makes them less productive, so, for some, it's far better for the startup to spend a little less time on it. It takes a very self-aware founder to actually do it though.

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Re:Why founders need hobbies by gargarplex on Thursday May 10, 2018 @02:59AM (#17036932)
I was feeling exhausted recently, in desperate need of a vacation. I took an 18 hour trip to Chicago to visit a friend of mine and came back quite renewed.

In a perfect world I would probably only socialize once a week, with a good friend each time.

I really should make that a higher priority, even if some travel is required.

There's really no substitute for a real friend.

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