Work ethic and stamina of successful bankers, investors, CEO's etc.

I keep reading about the relentless pace and work ethic of the Andrea Orcels, Ivan Glasenbergs and the likes of this world, going full steam from 5 am late into the night for decades. How on earth does one achieve this type of stamina? 

I am constantly trying to push myself to sustain a harder pace and work more effective & longer, but find myself crashing every 2-3 weeks, followed by being tired and uneffective / procrastinating for some period, before trying to pick up the pace again. 

Can you build up this type of drive or are these people just wired completely different?

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any links/articles/books about these guys and their work ethic? where are you finding this? just curious

 

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