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My boss used to say breakfast/eating/sleep/sports/anything that's not work is for wimps... Ah Silicon Valley.

Sounds like a bad leadership style. A manager should encourage a healthy work-life balance, otherwise they may find very high turnover.

There's a big difference between a manager and a leader ;).

He should have been a foot-soldier in the trenches of WWI - or more likely - just wants to appear as a badass.