Why Are You Working So Hard?
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Hard work is often treated as a virtue with no downside—but what if the story we tell about work keeps us from living well? Journalist Adam Chandler questions the American self-reliance myth in 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life, and how work shapes our lives. Then broadcaster and author Celeste Headlee takes on the overwork trap in Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, making the case for stepping back and reclaiming our time. Together, their books ask what work should give us—and what we might get back when we stop treating busyness as proof of success.
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