I would gladly spend time at the beach or enjoy a peaceful, nonwork-related lunch in the middle of the business day at the cost of making a little more money. For me, taking these times are worth more than a million bucks. Maybe I'm naive, but it seems that fewer and fewer people go into business or join a company because they have a great idea about which they're passionate. It's all about the money. While we still get calls from potential clients who have big ideas and a passion for changing the world in a meaningful way, more often we get calls from people who tell you their market cap, their valuation, and the date of their IPO before they even tell you what business they're in.
Headhunters are in on it, too.
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