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How to escape the overwork trap without losing respect

I've been working 70-hour weeks for two years straight and my boss just praised me for being 'dedicated' but I feel like I'm disappearing into this job and I don't know how to slow down without looking weak.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural reverence for busyness transforms self-destruction into virtue, making rest feel like failure.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with East Asian time and face-saving?”

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