The internet and plugged-in nature of the new media universe makes that especially easy for workaholics.
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In a country of workaholics, Kim Woo Choong's dedication to his job is legendary.
Famous people, who are often intensely driven workaholics, are typically not focused on their children.
Group projects might also pose problems because workaholics tend not to be great team players, Woodward says.
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To attack such self-perpetuating problems, Perlow engaged a cluster of workaholics at Boston Consulting Group who wanted redemption.
He hit bottom when his partner left him in 1983 and he sought help in therapy and Workaholics Anonymous.
Among his findings: While workaholics on average spend 10 hours more than non-workaholics on the job, time isn't the appropriate barometer.
The longer decimal hour will helpfully disguise this change from unwilling workaholics.
How could I be blind to the daily rat race turning ever more people into leisure-free workaholics just to survive my all-too-attractive British models?
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Robinson developed a 25-question test to distinguish workaholics from hard workers.
They watch original shows like Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, Archer, Always Sunny, Workaholics, Homeland, Mad Men and the list goes on and on.
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If Perlow were a prudent person, she would have tested her remedies on small-time workaholics with a proper sense of shame about their always-on careers, such as professors, journalists, locksmiths or currency traders.
So, all you workaholics, all you hard-driven executives and hedge fund managers, all those insatiable for power and money, and those who only go to their doctor for a yearly checkup--all of you should peruse this thoughtful book.
"For a lot of workaholics, work alleviates anxiety, and when you are not working, the anxiety bubbles up, " says Dr. Robinson, who says that he used to pretend to rest and secretly work instead while his family went to the beach.
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