"I've worked hard, for my entire career, to keep my life balanced with my job,"
"For over thirty years, I had a hard cut-off on Tuesdays. Rain or shine, I left at exactly 5 p.m. and spent the evening with my best friend. We would go to a movie, have dinner, or just go window-shopping downtown together."
"Nothing got in the way of that," Randolph said. "No meeting, no conference call, no last-minute question or request. If you had something to say to me on Tuesday afternoon at 4:55, you had better say it on the way to the parking lot. If there was a crisis, we are going to wrap it up by 5:00."
Marc Randolph maintained a strict weekly boundary by leaving work every Tuesday at 5 p.m. without exception to spend the evening with his best friend. For over thirty years he adhered to that hard cut-off, using the time for movies, dinners, or window-shopping, and insisting that no meeting or last-minute request interfere with the schedule. He credited those Tuesday nights with preserving his sanity and keeping work in perspective while serving as Netflix CEO. Other founders pursue contrasting approaches, with some endorsing relentless schedules and long hours to achieve rapid success.
Read at Fortune
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]