A day in the life of a CEO
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A day in the life of a CEO
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Re: A day in the life of a CEO
#2Thanks for this. The BBC Radio Four programme "The Bottom Line" recently had some discussion with business people about one of their days.
Here's the link to the Podcast, which should be available in different regions.
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jxtfb#synopsis)
They also mention some research (that he read via the London School of Economics) about days in the life of Italian business people (but quite large businesses, 8,000 employees) - I haven't found that report yet.
The Bottom Line should be interesting to many people on HN - it's a less formal discussion guided by Evan Davis with business people.
Re: A day in the life of a CEO
#3Thanks for this. The BBC Radio Four programme "The Bottom Line" recently had some discussion with business people about one of their days. Here's the link to the Podcast, which should be available in different regions. ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jxtfb#synopsis ) They also mention some research (that he read via the London School of Economics) about days in the life of Italian business people (but quite larg…
I love The Bottom Line. One of my favorite podcasts. Thanks for sharing the link.
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#4It sounds like a classic tale of getting to a position because of a great skill set... then not using that skill set anymore. I am not saying you aren't also great as a CEO, but do you enjoy it as much?
As far as job satisfaction goes, are you happier now that most of your time is spent in meetings and "steering the ship" or did you enjoy executing more?
Thanks for the transparency in this post (and your others).
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#5I really appreciate hearing about the very paced/zen schedule you seem to keep. I'm a firm believer that productivity is an easily exhaustible resource and you can't simply extract more of it per week with additional desk hours. You can have all the money and time in the world, but true freedom is the ability to bask in every small moment of the day, revel in the experience and reflect on life as it happens. Don't wait for the big payoff.
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#6I don't know many people who wake up at 5am. Is that necessary to get the job done or just your preferred wake up time?
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#7Am I the only one that feels Ryan's blog is mostly hacker news link bait, every article is pretty fluffy stuff that gets a lot of upvotes. I'm not sure how much actual value you get from knowing his schedule
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#8>@ryancarson can you blog about how you spend your day running your biz? What biz activities do you focus on now that the product is up?
The person on Twitter clearly asks about the business. The author then proceeds to write 18 points about his day, only five of which are actually about the business, including some gems like, "Crank through todos".
Does this guy think he's a celebrity or something? Why am I interested in his personal life whatsoever? He's the "CEO" of a small company most people have never heard of.
Someone in the comments asks him why he calls his phone an iPhone, rather than just a phone, to which he replies that he wants us to know the all the details and specifics. Oh, so you go into detail about how eating right away boosts your metabolism, but 3 hours of the day is "meetings"? Thanks for being specific.
Re: A day in the life of a CEO
#9Very detailed: except for what sort of things the "todos" actually are - and that's a significant portion of the time.
Re: A day in the life of a CEO
#10I love reading things like this and it sounds like you live a very balanced life. Honestly, this sounds like a pretty ideal schedule.
Any advice for someone that still has a day job? I don't have kids but do try to spend a good amount of time with my SO.