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Why More Hours Don’t Mean Better Results ⚖️

14 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this talk, Jake Setterlun examines the work‑life balance challenges faced by entrepreneurs and the self‑employed. He outlines the appeal of constantly working on a passion‑driven business, but warns that without boundaries the effort can spill over into personal relationships and lead to diminishing returns. Setterlun argues that simply adding more hours does not accelerate success because many entrepreneurs work inefficiently. Instead, he advocates prioritising smarter work—optimising productivity within a reasonable schedule (e.g., 10‑12 focused hours Monday‑Friday) rather than grinding 14‑hour days—so that effort translates into real progress without sacrificing personal well‑being.

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So work-life balance from a business perspective, as far as being an entrepreneur or self-employed, things like that, is a very interesting thing. There's pros and cons, right? On one hand, you're constantly working. You're not really able to ever shut it out. But ideally, you enjoy what you're doing. It's not a job and it's something that, you know, you continuously, you know, do and work towards. Now, there's a caveat to that and it can be overdoing it and just like diving in and cutting, you know, friends out, things like that. I've done things like that. You know, sometimes you do have to sacrifice a little bit to succeed, but At the end of the day, it's not really worth it. That extra 5 hours is not going to put you light years ahead because a lot of times people are just not even efficient with their work. Can you work smarter the 10 hours, 12 hours a day, Monday through Friday instead of, you know, just pounding 14 hours every single day? Because most likely those, those 14 hours every day are just not the most efficient.