Comments by "Jason Dashney" (@jasondashney) on "Why do CEOs make so much money now?" video.

  1. That world is smaller than people think. If you're deciding on the pay for the CEO and it doesn't come out of your pocket, you're going to give them the bag because maybe the situation gets turned around somewhere else and that person is on the board and you are the CEO and you want the favour returned.
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  2. It's the extreme opposite of that. CEOs of major corporations are absolute psychos. They are legit obsessive workaholics, and they work way more hours than you do. They are up extremely early in the morning and they do almost nothing but work. Their kids don't see much of them, they don't tend to have the best family lives. Unless you're hardwired that way, you would absolutely hate to live their lives. Not many people are crazy like they are, which is why the pool of people wanting to do that job isn't as big as you'd think.
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  3. This comment section is absolutely full of people who think CEOs do nothing all day. Do any of you have a shred of evidence for this? Major corporate CEOs are savage workaholics. They take it way too far and it's almost like a sickness. That's how they get to where they get. It's the same as anybody with an obsessive personality. They get up extraordinarily early and work extraordinarily late and their personal life suffers greatly for it. Basically, they are nuts. The money is just a way to keep score.
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  4. Here's the thing: They essentially really are working for free. They are animals. You would NOT want the lifestyle of a fortune 500 CEO. They are workaholics. Nobody in their right mind would want that job. They are hardwired for it. The money represents "success" to them. It's not what the money can actually buy. The bigger the money the more success they feel. Many of them work 70+hr weeks. If they take a vacation, they just think about work anyway.
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