Entrepreneur Emil Barr said he completely eliminated any work-life balance as he was building up his companies and put himself through a punishing work schedule, arguing that young people can maximize their “peak physical and cognitive years.” Otherwise, the traditional work-life balance is a trap that will keep ambitious people “comfortably mediocre,” he said.

What would you sacrifice to become a billionaire by the time you turn 30 years old?

For 22-year-old entrepreneur Emil Barr, it means doing away completely with any semblance of a work-life balance while you’re young enough to pull off a work-only life.

In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed , he weighed in on the debate that’s raging through leadership circles, with some CEOs convinced that a healthy balance is good for wor

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