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For me, having a family with kids, I always look at Elon Musk : He does 80-hour work weeks. That's also my goal: 80 hours. He splits it between Tesla and SpaceX. I split it between my company and my family ;).

Since he was able to make both successful, we should be able to do that too :)

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Why compare yourself to Elon Musk though? If you could run like Usain Bolt, you'd be an olympic medalist ;)

In this case, the GP is implying that their goal is to work ~40 hours and spend ~40 hours with their family, give or take. I think that's quite sustainable.

80-hour work week?!

Also, how do you know Elon Musk relationship with his family is successful?

You're missing what the parent comment said - they only have one company, so if Elon can run two companies, they should be able to run a company and a family

I don't think they are making any claims about Musk's relationship with his family- rather saying that 80 hour weeks let you succeed in two ventures- Musk pursued two companies- they are pursuing one company, and one family

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