[x87678r]

I think a lot of people in the US are taught from a young age to work hard and be the best you can be. Get into the best college, work hard to get the best job. Get promoted. Get promoted. Start your own firm. Work hard work hard, make money.

Often they never learn you are allowed to back off.

[yeswecatan]

Absolutely. One of my favorite teachers in high school used to always say "the harder you work now, the easier it will be later." There is always a later, though.

[VonBlue]

Until there isn’t

[randomdata]

> Often they never learn you are allowed to back off.

More-so fear of the long-term consequences. You do all that hard work to get to where you want to be and then if you back off, will that work be lost?

[WalterBright]

> Often they never learn you are allowed to back off.

I don't believe that people cannot think for themselves, nor have I encountered a single person who believes they are not allowed to back off.