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The best start-up CEOs are:
driven
unhappy if they are not building
truly enjoy doing great things with their team
are grateful for those on the journey with them
want very happy employees
incredibly proud of the crazy things everyone has pulled off
are usually pretty excited to get to work on Monday
but … happy themselves?
It’s just … a bit too hard for “happy”. A bit too hard on the family. A bit too hard hitting the plan each and every year. A bit too hard each quarter, each year, to have to do much better than the year before. A bit too hard to almost be running out of money. A bit too hard to be responsible for 5, 10, then 200, then 1,000 employees.
I am not sure the best CEOs I know are happy. But they are driven, engaged, and alive. And would not want
