Any entrepreneur can experience burnout. A 2018 Harvard Business Review survey says that roughly 25% of entrepreneurs at some point feel worn out.
Fast Company recently got the advice from six of the world's leading entrepreneurs on how to avoid experiencing burnout. VaynerX chairman Gary Vaynerchuk has been successful in many industries, including technology, and his advice can directly impact tech entrepreneurs.
The main point of Vaynerchuk's thought: Track your happiness, not your sleep.
"There are people who are going to work 15 hours a day this year who are not going to come even remotely close to burning out because they love it emotionally and handle it physically. It has to do almost completely with, ‘Are you happy?’ A lot of people are playing happy on social media . . . Are you actually invigorated eight out of 10 days when you wake up? . . . The American Dream shouldn’t be owning a home. The American Dream should be to be happy. It’s about what you need for yourself."
In the technology space, Vaynerchuk made smart choices as an early angel investor with companies like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo and Uber. With VaynerX, he oversees a media and communications holding company.
Vaynerchuk is also CEO of the subsidiary company, VaynerMedia, which provides full-scale advertising services to Fortune 100 companies. He is involved in the sports industry as a partner of VaynerSports.
Vaynerchuk is known by many as one of the top motivational speakers for business and his videos are viewed by millions. He is also a five-time New York Times bestselling author.
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