Gordon Ramsay. Here he is in Boiling Point. Work-ego-will gets things done like mad:

In addition to Ramsay’s cooking shows — Kitchen Nightmares is the best small business how-to show ever made — I’ve been looking at pro-workaholism tips. Most are jokes, some are better.

Here’s one that bugs me constantly. Mores around new technology just aren’t there yet, and no one seems to care:

People and existing conversations trump gadgets and potential conversations.

If you stop a conversation to answer your cell, you’re insulting your partner. I take note of slights like that.

The idea that you can succeed at anything without being a workaholic is slavethink; it’s one of the most destructive ideas people propagate without thought. Ayn Rand wrestled with that bugbear in Atlas, particularly with how the Reardens hobble Hank.

Managing what’s on your todo list is, I suspect, the key to super-productivity. As Cuban says, “you can drown in opportunity”.

Kousin and I are working on… Never mind: “the game is to be sold, not to be told.” I’ll get backatcha when I have news.