[fuzzfactor]

Can't watch the video but comment anyway.

When you work a 15-hour week, there's always somebody who got 7 times more accomplished than you did that week.

Unless they were a 10x performer or something, then it's even more ambitious by comparison.

[Viliam1234]

Accomplishment is not linear to time spent.

The longer you work, the more tired you get. Working for 2 hours is easy. Working for 4 hours requires a break. Working for 8 hours requires the lunch break, and a few minor breaks. How often can you see people socializing or reading web during the 8 hours? With 2 hours, you would just do your work, and go socializing or reading web during your free time.

On the other hand, sometimes you get work-related ideas when not working. With 2 hours a day, you would usually come to work with a very clear idea of what to do. When I work on my projects in my free time, I often realize that taking breaks more often would actually make me more productive, because I would have thought about a simpler solution before having written a more complicated one.

Also, people use some of their free time to learn new things related to their craft. Working 15 hours a week would give you a lot of free time.

I agree that with 7 times more time you accomplish more, but definitely not 7 times more. Maybe 3 times more. And your private life would probably suffer a lot.

[fuzzfactor]

Not my private life but the poor soul who is working long hours 7 days a week.

I guess farmers have done this for extended streches over the millennia.

15 Hour days would be rough but people have done it and will do it again in the future too.

Definitely not a lot of free time for someone to have an active private life.