O'Leary Urges Entrepreneurs To Work Smarter, Not Longer On Wednesday, O'Leary shared his perspective on X while posting a clip of his Fox News interview, reflecting on his own early career. "I used to brag about working 18 hours a day, and I was wrong. When I was building my first companies, I thought exhaustion was a badge of honor. In reality, it was unhealthy and unproductive," he wrote. In the interview, O'Leary explained his shift in mindset: "I work harder than I ever have these days on all the things that I’m doing, but I’ve gone into a different metric. I don’t make major decisions worth over a million bucks after 1:00 in the afternoon. " He stressed the importance of healthy, focused leadership for long-term business success. He wrote, "Burned out founders make bad decisions, and bad decisions destroy companies. I invest in sharp, healthy, focused leaders who can win for decades, not just survive a year. O'Leary On Smart Forecasting, Long-Term Wealth Building Last week, O'Lear...