Our 9-to-5 grind has produced a cult of workaholics. And, regrettably, the eight to twelve-hour workday hasn’t shifted in years.
Felling overworked, undervalued, and underpaid? It’s no great secret that the job market is more competitive now than it ever has been. Not only are there fewer jobs to go around, but there are more skilled project leaders with degrees, ambition, and experience waiting in the wings to manage projects.
Our 9-to-5 grind has produced a cult of workaholics. And, regrettably, the eight to twelve-hour workday hasn’t shifted in years.
Most people, raised in this era of information overload, have the incorrect idea that working longer hours will make them more productive. I have learned that this work habit is erroneous, unhelpful, and unhealthy. Yet we keep laboring away: We get on the train, bus, or in a car every morning and clog up the trains, buses, and freeways, then do it again at night. Mondays are an object of dread for most. Wednesdays are “dip days and Frida…
