Vo: Co-workers rarely attend funerals, so use that lens to prioritize family
Claire Vo · From skeptic to true believer: How OpenClaw changed my life | Claire Vo · Mar 29, 2026 · at 1:41:13
Claire Vo, founder of ChatPRD, shares a personal philosophy on managing work-related stress and maintaining perspective on family priorities.
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“Most people you work with will be at your funeral. And I say this from like a real place of experience. I have had colleagues who have had family members pass away or they pass away and like so few The people that they worked with on a day to day basis, really sad, but so few of them are at the funeral. And so when I think about how much mental energy I'm going to give to somebody at work, or how much I'm going to allow somebody to keep me up at night, or how much I'm going to, you know, worry about, did I ship this code or get that PR out or respond to that email? I think like literally none of the people in the stack will be at my funeral. Who will? My children, you know, like, and so I use that as a clarifying lens by which I decide what is, what really matters, not what I take seriously or not who I show up with respect to, but like when it's starting to impact me, I think that's a very effective lens to kind of like have everything fall away and really focus on what's in, what's important.”
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