BURNOUT

AI in healthcare isn't about replacing doctors. It's about replacing the administrative burden that makes doctors want to quit medicine.

I stepped down as CEO because I was burned out. Completely. I'd been running at full speed for six years. The company was healthy. I wasn't. That's a bad combination.

I burned out in my 20s. I had money but no purpose. Starting Spotify gave me purpose again. Building something that matters to hundreds of millions of people — that's better than any bank account balance.

I had a wake-up call in 2007 when I collapsed from exhaustion and broke my cheekbone on my desk. That was the beginning of my sleep evangelism.

I burned out earlier in my career. That experience taught me that sustainable performance matters more than heroic sprints.

Seventy percent of physician burnout comes from documentation. We are solving the biggest cause of doctor burnout with AI.

I quit DeFi three times. I keep coming back because the code is more interesting than the community is toxic.