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If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?

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Re: If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?

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"Work exceptionally long hours when you need to or want to, but do so consciously, for specified time periods, and to achieve specific goals. Don’t let it become a habit because you have forgotten how to work or live any other way." -- Having constraints on your time should help you better prioritize and utilize your energy levels during the day to boost your productivity.

Re: If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?

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I don't. I've hit the peak of promotion that I think I want in my career at a FAANG. I work from home and in practice I work 30ish hours a week. I do put a decent amount of effort into making sure the time that I do work is highly productive. Depression and chronic illness practically limited my working hours so I learned how to "work with" what I have. If you let go of the ladder-climbing and the impostor syndrome, you don't have to work like you ego depends on it.

Re: If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?

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This post incorrectly assumes that working is not fun and should be minimized. Maybe the work is the point.

What do you mean, incorrectly? For the vast majority of folks, work isn't fun - not when compared to not working, anyway. I mean, do you really think that most retail or foodservice workers think their job is fun?

And even when folks like their jobs, there are practical limits. Some jobs are stressful and lower work hours minimize mistakes. Would you rather have emergency room employees in their 35th or 65th hour on the clock that week?

Maybe work isn't the point, especially considering the unpaid work most of us do (and someone working 70 hours a week is surely expecting others to do, paid or not).

Re: If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?

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When you are succesful your work has been very rewarding, you will keep chasing that feeling. I don't work that much. I do not hate my work at all. I went for something I really enjoy, and I don't really need many holidays to "recover" like I hear other people say.
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