Sunday, October 21, 2007
Beating workaholism
* Growing list of health problems due to over-work
* Workers with balanced lives more successful
* Reader comments: Workers want hours cut
Andrew Griffiths worked seven days a week, starting each day at 6am and not finishing until 9pm. He put on 50 kilos and his marriage of 10 years broke apart.
His job ruled his life.
“I’d always been a workaholic,” Mr Griffiths, owner of the Oceanic Marketing Group said.
“I based a lot of my self-worth on my success or failure in business.
"That translated to me working harder and harder to prove to the world I was successful. Everything else in my life became secondary."
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