My friend, who is a serial entrepreneur/CTO/founder, was on his first big company back in the late 90s. He was brought in by a friend/consulting partner and was very jazzed to be working on an exciting predictive analytics application to detect churn in mobile subscribers.
So much so, that he lived the company. He ate poorly, didn't exercise, was grossly overweight, drank excessively and worked obsessively. His gallbladder couldn't take it and nearly burst. It was so swollen by the time he went to the doctor, they were scared it would go any minute.
He had emergency surgery and could have easily died. That was as big as wakeup call as they get. He got the message loud and clear, lost weight, started exercising, ate better. Got much healthier and recovered shortly thereafter.
Living for the startup is stupid. As byrne said, "Dead entrepreneurs make no products".
I had an uncle who was just a normal guy, not overweight, didn't drink excessively, etc. He complained of occasional stomach pain, but didn't feel like going to the doctor. Eventually it got worse and he saw a doctor. Turns out he had stage 4 cancer and was dead in two weeks.
My friend, who is a serial entrepreneur/CTO/founder, was on his first big company back in the late 90s. He was brought in by a friend/consulting partner and was very jazzed to be working on an exciting predictive analytics application to detect churn in mobile subscribers.
So much so, that he lived the company. He ate poorly, didn't exercise, was grossly overweight, drank excessively and worked obsessively. His gallbladder couldn't take it and nearly burst. It was so swollen by the time he went to the doctor, they were scared it would go any minute.
He had emergency surgery and could have easily died. That was as big as wakeup call as they get. He got the message loud and clear, lost weight, started exercising, ate better. Got much healthier and recovered shortly thereafter.
Living for the startup is stupid. As byrne said, "Dead entrepreneurs make no products".