This video discusses what it's like to overwork and be a workaholic. It also provides examples of how to stop being a workaholic. The video below discusses overworking and how to address it. Feel free to check it out.
Although there is a difference between being engaged in work and workaholism, there is evidence to suggest that it’s not the compulsion to work that is the problem but the act of overworking itself that causes the health, relationship, and work problems (Huyghebaert et al., (2016). You, your family, and your workplace may not even be aware of your workaholism or its effects on you because Western society labels it as the ideal (Robinson (2000). “[W]ith technology continuing to advance and the world becoming more globally connected, the environment is ideal for workaholism to persist, and even increase” Aziz & Foyer (2018), and a work climate that emphasizes overworking enhances workaholism in someone with workaholic tendencies (Mazzetti, Schaufeli, & Guglielmi (2014).
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