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by qetuo13579 1158 days ago
I enjoy my work and put in extra hours because I want the business to be successful. Sometimes there’s an interesting problem that’s keeping me up at night. Sometimes there’s a deadline for an important customer I don’t want to let down. Sometimes I’m working on a side project to improve tooling that will make my colleagues and me more productive. Sometimes I just want to impress my boss and earn another pay rise or promotion. I’m now working for my third employer, each boss I’ve had have been workaholics and high achieving. I guess I look up to them as mentors and try to emulate them. Also I’ve never been very good at starting my own business on the side. I can never seem to come up with a good enough idea or stop myself from going above and beyond at work to free up time for entrepreneurial activities.