The CEO of an $8 billion AI company says he’s “confused” that people think you can work 38 hours a week, achieve work-life balance, and be successful.

“The idea that you can somehow achieve greatness, that you can build something extraordinary by working 38 hours a week and having work-life balance, that’s mind boggling to me,” said Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO. With a value of $8.1 billion Artificial intelligence chip company Mindsrecently emphasized 20VC Podcast. “That’s not true in any part of life.”

Many American workers are also pushing for it Shorter work weeksAmerica’s founders still cling to the mill culture as the formula for trillion-dollar success. Feldman is just one of many business leaders, including… Google One of the founders Sergey Brin and Shark tank Investor Kevin O’LearyEmphasizing the difficult truth of success.

Of course, professionals can commit to a 40-hour workweek and still be happy, but the Cerebras CEO stressed that they will not be the ones to launch the next unicorn or roll out generation-defining products.

“You can have a wonderful life. You can do a lot of really good things, and there are a lot of ways to be happy,” Feldman continues. “But the way to build something new from nothing, and make it great, is not part-time work. It’s not 30, 40, 50 hours a week. It’s every waking minute. And of course, there are costs.”

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The Myth of Work-Life Balance – and the 60-Hour “Sweet Place”

Leaders at the top of their game were dispelling the myth of work-life balance; Zoom in CEO Eric Yuan Tell the staff about this “There is no way” to achieve harmony between the two, because “work is life, and life is work”; Former US President Barack Obama He said it would be “Excellent at anything” requires a one-track mind at certain times; And even LinkedInfounder, Reed Hoffman, Be warned Launching a startup requires giving up binge watching Netflix After working hours.

“If you hear a founder talk about, ‘This is how I have a balanced life,’ they’re not committed to winning,” Hoffman told Stanford University. How to start a startup class In 2014. “The only great founders are[the ones]who say, ‘I’m going to do everything in my power to do this.’”

Entrepreneurs looking to take their businesses to new heights may be wondering where they can draw the line and break away from the chaos — and some Silicon Valley founders They pushed back In toxic 100-hour work weeks. But there seems to be a general consensus that 9-to-5 schedules will not lead to rapid career growth.

CEO of Business worth $17 billion TwilioJosema Sheepchandler gives himself only eight hours on Saturday so as not to think about work. Shipchandler He said luck That “each of us has to make certain work-life choices,” and people can choose to pursue their hobbies and have evenings to themselves — yet, he “never talked to his peers” who didn’t have the same schedule as him.

As well as tennis champion Serena Williams Businessmen said Must “show up 28 hours out of 24” a day, and Millionaire O’Leary He advised the founders To “Forget about balance…you’ll work 25 hours a day, seven days a week, forever.” Budding CEOs can’t take their advice too literally, but one leader set the record straight about how many hours people should actually work. Earlier this year the billionaire computer scientist Brain said Google Gemini employees say that “60 hours a week is the sweet spot for productivity,” And workplace experts Let’s say it’s actually about putting in the extra effort.

“The lesson most young professionals learn is that if you want to get ahead, you can’t get there 40 hours a week,” Dan Kaplan, co-lead of the CHRO practice at ZRG Partners, said. He said luck Earlier this year. “Part of the gravity of the comment about a 60-hour work week is that it’s actually not about 60 hours. It’s about working overtime until the work gets done.”