If you have big ambitions, you'll probably need to work a lot

> How much did Stalin sleep?

https://www.quora.com/How-much-did-Stalin-sleep

If you aren't already delegating everything already, and evaluating their work, and delegating the evaluation of that work...are your people just standing around watching you work as hard as possible?

Knowing who is working the hardest, and having some idea of what kind of bonus they expect at Christmas...

With all due respect, by now the roles at any organization, especially start-ups, are commodity off-the-shelf parts; SKU given by the bullet points of responsibilities on the job availability advertisement. At start-ups, you are also required to be a wild animal; reading any translation of Gilgamesh I'm sure will get the relevant point across.

This is part of the semi-cult semi-gang status of start-up corporations. Having silly ideas about the leader is part of the experience, part of the allure.

I can't underestimate how thrilling it is to be a part of a cult of personality. It's absolutely enchanting. I'm sure Jung would have a lot to say about this, or Freud. It is part of a natural primal instinct to fight and push oneself to the limit.

Reminds me of this: https://soundcloud.com/studybuddhism/strategies-for-2?in=stu...