What numeric example does the speaker give for hours worked by top performers versus average?

Codie SanchezFounder @ Contrarian Thinking

Why Smart People Prefer Alone Time

21 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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Codie Sanchez argues that highly intelligent people often prefer solitude because they narrow their focus to achieve exceptional results. Top performers work 80 to 90 hours a week in one area versus the standard 40, which can make them seem distant from others.

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Top performers: 80–90 hours; Average/norm: 40 hours.

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Is it that more intelligent people don't actually like hanging out with other people all the time and have to learn how to say no continuously? And I think it's a couple different things as you get to the crazy end of the curve on intelligence. There's also typically some aspect of being on the spectrum which usually means like singular focus, which I think makes a lot of sense. I also think it's because the best performers have to narrow down their aperture as opposed to widen it to have unfair levels of success. So if you think about it this way, how have the best people in any industry achieved something incredible? Is it by doing what is average, normal or shallow? Absolutely not. They go deep into one segment, they spend 80 hours working, 90 hours working instead of 40 hours working. And typically when you do those things and you narrow your aperture, the whole world doesn't quite understand. And so it actually made sense to me.