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This isn't as uncommon as you might think, I've seen colleagues, particularly those of the workaholic bent, crack - though not to this degree. A good friend use
by Nanzikambe 13y ago
This isn't as uncommon as you might think, I've seen colleagues, particularly those of the workaholic bent, crack - though not to this degree. A good friend used to quite literally sleep in the office during crunch times. When management pointed to him as the reference example for the rest of us, I left. I feel guilty for doing so, he ended up taking several years off on disability after his marriage ended, the founders successfully exited and the new owners outsourced development.
Ultimately when you push yourself this hard, you're doing it wrong. Work to live, not live to work. Life is far too short for that. As much as I love what I do, I harbour no illusion that any of it is important enough to damage my well being.
- kamaal 13y agoNot all workaholics are same. Some know when to just take a break. What happens with people like that is, they generally make great progress career wise, take breaks when needed. Come back and again play hard. I know a successful people who do that. This isn't binary 'healthy long living easy takers' Vs 'Just to be dead workaholics'. There are regions in between them where people do just fine.
- Nanzikambe 13y agoA fair point, but in my book the "holic" in "workaholic" implies the inability to do just what you describe. You're describing an effective worker.