MrBeast made 85 million last year, but behind the money and the massive subscriber count is a reality most people never see. In a recent conversation on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Jimmy Donaldson opened up about the personal cost of running the biggest YouTube empire in the world. With 391 million subscribers, brand extensions like Beast Burger and Feastables, and a production schedule that never stops, his life looks like a creator dream from the outside. But his own words paint a much different picture. MrBeast described going weeks without sleep, flying hundreds of days every year, and living what he calls a robotic life. Even the simple joys he loves like playing board games rarely fit into his schedule anymore. At one point he said he feels like a zoo animal, explaining that almost no one would want to live the life he lives, regardless of the income or the fame. His baseline, he says, is more unhappy than happy. He also talked about how even helping people brings backlash, notin...