Read a book.

Yeah work from 4-6.

In all honesty I’ve been working since I was a young child and I sincerely believe it’s something that is just in some people. I think there is too much emphasis on being successful RIGHT NOW and that if you fail your failures somehow make you a failure forever. Fail, take a break, try again has been my motto for awhile now. You don’t need to burn yourself out, ruin your social life, or go bankrupt that’s a choice. If I succeed then I reap the rewards of being on the winning side of capitalism and I believe in capitalism. If I fail then I guess I’m no better or worse off than I was before.

I think the answer is poor leadership and the illusion of optimization.

It’s funny you said “you are a salesman” that’s what the CEO of the last company I worked at called himself. The guy founded an international oil/gas business the first time I ever met him he literally told me “I’m just a really good salesman”.