Codie SanchezFounder @ Contrarian Thinking

Hard days are still a privilege.

15 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Short spoken-word piece by Codie Sanchez reflecting on a busy day of work and framing intense, back-to-back professional activity as a privilege. She argues that obsession with one’s work (illustrated by an anecdote about Todd Graves, founder of Raising Cane’s) is a key ingredient for entrepreneurial success.

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Today workout. Three podcasts, two investor meetings, and a dinner with investors. A day like today, when I've got back to back to back, I'm never thinking, God, I don't want to do this today. This is a privilege, and it's a blast. You know, Todd Graves, who started raising canes, was so obsessed with selling chicken nuggets that he flew to Alaska from Louisiana, got on one of those deadliest catch boats for the salmon fishing. People, like, die on those things. But it was the only way that he could fund raising Canes, his chicken company. And that's what I'm obsessed with does you need to be obsessed about the things that you want to do, because obsessed people win. It's just really hard to beat somebody who is doing the thing that you call work and they call fun. That is how I know you're going to win or not.