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Jason Ma

Gen Zer who built multimillion-dollar companies says work-life balance is a trap and lists 5 ways to ‘optimize ruthlessly’ during your peak years

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  • Entrepreneur Emil Barr said he completely eliminated any work-life balance as he was building up his companies and put himself through a punishing work schedule, arguing that young people can maximize their “peak physical and cognitive years.” Otherwise, the traditional work-life balance is a trap that will keep ambitious people “comfortably mediocre,” he said.

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