DiGiovanni works 13-hour days, seven days a week to sustain growth
Nick DiGiovanni · HIBT Lab! Osmo Salt: Nick DiGiovanni · Jan 26, 2023 · at 29:59
Chef and YouTuber Nick DiGiovanni discusses his time management and daily content production workload with Guy Raz.
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“I work pretty much from, let's say, nine a.m. To nine or 10 p.m. Every single night consistently, and then I don't take the weekends off ever anymore, which is just, and I'm not saying that to brag, I'm actually saying it is a bad thing, And something that I want to work on and change.”
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