This rhetoric furthered by Elon, Jack Ma and several others where working 7 days a week for 18 hours is "ideal" and that rest and relaxation are had at the expense of productivity/success is a real dangerous position.
You know what happens to the majority of people when they get to a state of anxiety when relaxing and not working? Stress and burnout.
Let's acknowledge that it may have been the path to success for SOME of the 0.1% who can work 18 hours a day nonstop for a decade with extreme natural ability and a fair amount of chance (confirmation bias aside) and not the end-all of being successful that everyone should strive for. Yes, there is certainly a correlation between working hard and being successful - regardless of your natural ability. Don't do it at the expense of living.
Take it to the extreme: what happens when EVERYONE works that hard? You're back at your normal level of relative productivity.
You know what happens to the majority of people when they get to a state of anxiety when relaxing and not working? Stress and burnout.
Let's acknowledge that it may have been the path to success for SOME of the 0.1% who can work 18 hours a day nonstop for a decade with extreme natural ability and a fair amount of chance (confirmation bias aside) and not the end-all of being successful that everyone should strive for. Yes, there is certainly a correlation between working hard and being successful - regardless of your natural ability. Don't do it at the expense of living.
Take it to the extreme: what happens when EVERYONE works that hard? You're back at your normal level of relative productivity.