[FlyingSideKick]

“Insecure overachievers are exceptionally capable and fiercely ambitious, yet driven by a profound sense of their own inadequacy. This typically stems from childhood, and may result from various factors, such as experience of financial or physical deprivation, or a belief that their parents’ love was contingent upon their behaving and performing well.”

For those whom look for meaning or self-worth in work your efforts are seriously misguided. It’s very easy to make oneself busy so that you never have unscheduled quiet time to examine your inner demons. The perpetuation of the overworking culture is hurting us as a country at large. Do you really want to live in a country where people have no hobbies and have little free time to play and simply be?

I run a successful business and we work 4 nine hour days, Friday’s are almost always off and we start everyone with 25 days vacation. You can do that at your org too! Try it for a year and you’ll find that your turnover will drop, people will be more engaged with their work, more creative ideas will emerge from your work force ,morale will improve and people will be knocking down your door to work for you. Give your employees and yourself plenty of time for a life outside of work and you’ll reap the benefits.

[verylittlemeat]

So just because Jeff Bezos has worked tirelessly at Amazon for over two decades that means he's trying to show mommy and daddy he's a big boy? That seems like some next level armchair psychoanalyzing.

For some people "work" is the culmination and intersection of a number of hobbies they have thought about for decades. Some people are lucky enough to have the line between work and play to be so blurred that they get paid ridiculous money to have fun.