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Is this meant to be satire or something? This was seriously put into his schedule as a 5 minute task?
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that may be because you actually oversleep. unless you're very young (<20yo), 7h of sleep is likely all you need, and anything less than 6h or more than 8h will leave you tired and lacking energy.
I could be oversleeping but I cannot really fix that. I don't use drugs to sleep or wake, and I don't wake via an alarm most days (alarm is for 7, I wake up at 6:40~55). I could set an alarm for 5 am but I predict that I would be even more tired compared to my 10 to 7 schedule.
Alternatively, have some children and your sleep will not be the same for a long long time.
Ryan Carson says he has a 1 year old child, so I doubt he's sleeping through the night. :)
> @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 inter…
Does that matter? If you find the content valuable, does it matter whether or not he thinks he's a celebrity? Conversely, if you don't find it valuable, does it matter whether or not he thinks he's a celebrity? Maybe it would be better to focus on the message and not the personality behind it?
He's the "CEO" of a small company most people have never heard of.
I'm not sure why you put CEO in quotes there... are you saying he isn't actually CEO of a company? And what difference does it make whether or not most people have heard of the company? Most people haven't heard of most of the companies founded by people who post on HN... and it sounds like Ryan has already done more than most of the wantrepreneur types who hang around these kinds of forums. What try to put him down for what he's accomplished?
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I think you're being unfair. 1. The person on Twitter doesn't exclusively ask Ryan about the business. He specifically asks how he spends his day. Even if the asker wanted to know more about the business and less about his day, Ryan's response is appropriate given how the question was phrased. 2. Ryan does talk about which business activities he focuses on. He specifically mentions how he used to handle newsletters,…
> "The person on Twitter doesn't exclusively ask Ryan about the business. He specifically asks how he spends his day." Wrong. He asks: "can you blog about how you spend your day running your biz? " followed by "What biz activities do you focus on now that the product is up?". "Biz" is referring to business, in case you didn't pick that up. > " Ryan is a CEO of a venture-backed company and people, including ones on HN…
Wow. Well, he's the CEO isn't he? He can answer the question he thought should have been asked.
Hey Ryan, I'm just curious how you handle spending quality time with your employees. I've worked at companies where the CEO is never around, and when you do meet with him, it's in meetings that feel rushed and they are always looking at their watch for the next meeting. Frankly, it's disrespectful and it does negatively impact the morale of the team. I'm in the CEO role right now, and I'm realizing a lot of meetings…
I agree - it's really important to be fully present and not rush. As you said, if you're rushing the meeting then it's probably not important
> @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 inter…
> Does this guy think he's a celebrity or something? Not to slam the guy, but if you examine his submission history, he seems to be using HN as a tool to build his "personal brand". Regardless, readers upvote it.
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He can go to bed at 10 pm and wake up at 5 am? I go to bed at 10 and wake up still extremely tired at 7 am...
> @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 inter…
Meh, it's a generic question, and I think he does a good job going over his routine giving some insight into his activities.. and I think minute things, for example, going over big-picture items very early in the morning is something more people should adopt. >Why am I interested in his personal life whatsoever? Didn't you just open an article called 'A day in the life of a CEO'? > He's the "CEO" of a small company m…
To be honest, it sounds like an ideal schedule. A schedule many would love to have, including myself (minus the kids :D).
The bigger picture I get from this post, is to take control of your life and schedule. Design the type of life you want to live, and then figure out the small details like how to afford this lifestyle and make time for it.
> @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 inter…
Does this guy think he's a celebrity or something? Does that matter? If you find the content valuable, does it matter whether or not he thinks he's a celebrity? Conversely, if you don't find it valuable, does it matter whether or not he thinks he's a celebrity? Maybe it would be better to focus on the message and not the personality behind it? He's the "CEO" of a small company most people have never heard of. I'm not…
He isn't being put down for what he has accomplished. He's being put down for writing a shallow self-serving blog post that is completely devoid of intellectual content, and then submitting it to HN. I hope enough others here flag this as well.