Will.i.am grinds from 5-to-9 after his 9-to-5—because work-life balance is for people ‘working on someone else’s dream’ and not for visionaries

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• It’s not just Gen Z and millennials on TikTok who are raving about the 5-to-9 after their 9-to-5. Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am is also a fan of the productivity hack. He says it’s the secret to getting his creative juices flowing, as well as ditching work-life balance.

Will.i.am is busy. When he’s not writing hit songs like “OMG” for Usher, he’s looking for the next big pop star on The Voice UK, or running his new AI company, FYI. So how exactly does he balance it all?