Okay, fair enough call with the humblebrag -- many times people talking about how many hours they work are simply socially posturing: look at how much more impo

Okay, fair enough call with the humblebrag -- many times people talking about how many hours they work are simply socially posturing: look at how much more important I am! Also, it's bad for you. Bad for your health and bad for your performance. Having said all of that, there's nothing wrong with 1) pouring yourself into something that's bigger than you, and 2) living a life that's dedicated to something aside from yourself, one which doesn't have traditional work-life boundaries. That's probably only true in 1% of these cases, but I don't want to lose those folks while giving lectures to the other 99% about values and performance. ADD: Rephrased, articles like this are also a form of social posturing, and please don't kill the next Thomas Edison with your well-meaning advice to ten thousand corporate drones.