A founder credits going to bed earlier and taking daily naps as the habit that transformed his performance. He argues that rest lets him operate at peak levels when it matters, comparing himself to a cheetah that stays still before a burst of hunting energy.
The one habit that changed my performance as a founder is an incredibly boring one. It was going to bed earlier. So the more rest you get as a founder, the better you're able to perform when you need to. It's kind of like the cheetah on the savanna, right? It basically lies still for 99% of the time. And then for the few moments where it needs all its energy, it expends it and it hunts down the deer or the, the The thing that it needs to, that it needs to eat. It's the same thing with founders. If we do not get enough rest, we cannot perform at that high level when we need to. So the one habit that changed my performance was going to bed earlier. The second one was taking daily naps.
