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This woman sounds like a real joy to be around: always focused on tasks, irrespective of their actual value. Run run run run run. But for what? I've been working for forty years, and I can vouch that most meetings and phone calls and emails are a goddamn waste of time. Besides, there is not a single person anywhere ever who on their deathbed thought to themselves: "If only I had spent more time networking and attending meetings..."

Sleep the amount of time your own body requires, preferably while hugging your partner. Spend time with your kids and grand-kids. Take a nap when you need it. Work when you must, and work hard when you do. Work really hard, in fact, but at tasks that matter - the ones that add value for your clients and customers. And if that takes, oh, more than 10 hours a day, you're probably doing something wrong. Then: go home, have a drink, eat dinner and enjoy the company of the ones who really matter - your friends and family.