Kiter1

Absolutely. 'Moving the needle' doesn't require long days, instead it requires discipline an focus on doing the one thing that will move your project forward. From experience at large companies I think most people waste 4 to 6 hours a day in pointless meetings, dealing with low ROI work items or looking at Facebook. Some of the self-made wealthiest people I know certainly didn't work 8 hours every day to get there, instead they were focused and masters of delegation and emotional intelligence.

We need to individually stand-up and set boundaries with our employers (even if we are running the company) so that we can enjoy life in general. This gradual encroachment on our personal time is insidious and if we don't choose to go another way we will soon end up like South Korea where people work from 9am to 10pm regularly. In my company we encourage people to be active, give 5 weeks vacation and don't expect people to answer emails at night and weekends. You can do this by setting just a couple of goals that move the needle each week. I see so many people waste their "working" hours on Facebook and other distractions. By eliminating these distractions we try to target a 35 hour work week.

What is the statistical probability that a star will have a planetary disk that Kepler can view edge on and has planets that will occult the star?