Work Less (It's Good for Business) Entrepreneur
Brett Schklar was a immediately-rising, burn-the-candle-at-both-ends kind of executive. So naturally, he was on a business trip the day of his 31st birthday.
His profession as a vice president at a promising tech company was flourishing, and if that came at the expense of time with his dearest, time spent taking care of himself, time to even pause to celebrate his 31st, well, he was willing to make the forswear.
But something happened that day to make him question all that: He had a heart attack.
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"Doctors told me I have a fit out that needs monitoring, and that stress is a particularly important factor," he recalls. "I needed to work less and reprioritize. I had to revolution my lifestyle--diet, exercise, everything."
Suddenly, he had no choice: He eased off the accelerator both personally and professionally, focused more on his dearest and young son and cut back on the 80-hour workweeks, the constant travel and the late-night, bedside verse messaging.
