Bill Gates Says He "Didn't Believe In Vacations" When He Was Younger

it took me a long time to learn and it is this you are not a slacker if you cut yourself some slack when I was your age I didn't believe in vacations I didn't even believe in weekends I pushed everyone around me to work very long hours in the early days of Microsoft my office overlooked the parking lot and I would keep track of who is leaving early and who is staying late but as I got older and especially once I became a father I realized that both in terms of doing your best work and having a great life that that intensity was not always appropriate don't wait as long as I did to learn this lesson

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Length: 0min 56sec (56 seconds)

Published: Sun May 21 2023