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host touched on part of it for me. I think that by most measures, I'm a "successful businessman", although I have nothing to do with stock markets.
I am up at 5 every morning, out the door by 6 and at my desk between 6:20 and 6:30. My phone starts ringing around then, and I generally have 7 to 10 emails to deal with, along with all the stuff I left undone at the end of the day before. I generally have lots of paperwork to sign as well, and that's when I usually wade through it all. I have clients on the East and West Coasts, and I manipulate time zones for their and my benefit - for instance this morning I am finalizing a deal with an Atlanta underwriter for a Las Vegas client. I try to leave as close to 5 as I can every day so that I get to see my kids.
I think that monetarily successful people (I hope you appreciate that nod to you, host) work the hours they do because they feel pressed to accomplish goals. I certainly do. I habitually work 11 hour days every day I'm in the office. I post here in between phone calls and emails, although I've certainly been guilty of putting my phone on mute and posting here when the greater conversation ranges away from my areas of expertise.
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