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	Friday, October 01, 2004

Being a Workhaholic   ( on business) Is being called a workhaholic necessarily positive?   On the positive side, that means you are perceived to be putting in long hours and working hard, which can be positive.  But being billed as a workaholic also carries some negative connotations.  That almost certainly means that you are a compulsive worker, meaning you don’t feel at ease unless you are doing something.   I must admit I am somewhat of a compulsive reader.  I go to the doctors office, and I will read anything they offer.  When I eat, I automatically scan and read the box labels. I remember back in college, I wanted to read, and also feel compelled to read so as to gain competitive advantage.  The problem was that before long, I was setting a goal for myself to read almost everything, with a daily minimum of at least a hundred pages.  Before long, it did not matter what I read ( and I read a good amount of garbage that had no redeeming value.) as long as I read.  Before long, I started asking myself whether I was really gaining something for all the printed words that I was gobbling up, and the definitive answer was no.   In the same sense that would be what a workhaholic do – work for work’s sake, and at the end of the day, the first thing to ask is really whether he was really planning or prioritizing ( see also Being Busy without Prioritizing)  , or just doing one thing after another as a matter of habit.  Thus, the unlikely scenario is that there is much work, but too few important things done.   Do you work hard yet lose perspective.  Do you plan?  Are you a workhaholic?   12:11:26 PM     comment []   trackback []