What's interesting is that he could have cashed out after Twitter and led an incredibly entertaining and enjoyable life, but still chooses to push on further for more success, more challenges, etc to the extent that such a huge portion of his waking life is taken by "work" like this.
I could understand it (and put in a lot of hours myself) driving to get that first home run, but less so afterwards. I'd struggle to sit idle and travelling non-stop isn't the holiday everyone thinks it is, but my dream lifestyle definitely wouldn't involve 16 hour days once I had the means to pursue all my interests to a desired extent.
When given the chance, most entrepreneurs will work 16 hours
on their company. If you only had 8 hours, you may be more likely to do a better job at managing your time/tasks.
A balanced one. I already spend a vast majority of my waking hours focused on "work". I also have my kids, my wife and other leisure activities that I find make my life worth living.
Given these pieces of life, which most entrepreneurs have - most entrepreneurs will not want to work 16 hours a day on their companies.
I hear you, but you can talk about that with a guz in his early twenties who has no responsibilities in terms of family. I dont work 16 hours a day, but i work alot and putting my friends down again and again when they ask me to go out etc is sometimes frustrating and does not work very well for a long time. Same goes for family of course.
Regardless of whether or not it's sustainable, I simply do not want that type of lifestyle. If I'm not as "successful" because of that, so be it.