This essay is for all the founders who have the same strange voice inside their head that I do—the one that tells us that our business has to be a rocketship, that we have to work harder than anyone else, that we have to sacrifice everything for success.
That voice is lying to us.
It’s lying when it tells us that we have to go all out, all the time. That we have to check our email in bed. That we have to work until we can’t remember our kids’ names. That we have to forgo our health, our happiness, our relationships—all for the company.