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How to escape the golden handcuffs of overwork

I have been working 70 hour weeks for three years and my marriage is falling apart but I cannot stop because everyone is depending on my salary

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You have confused your worth with your productivity and now both your identity and security depend on unsustainable sacrifice.

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