Workaholics

Boomers grew up workaholics. They proudly narrate stories of all-nighters and sleeping at the office, killing themselves to get recognition.

Working harder and longer hours doesn’t mean that you are more productive, far from it. It just means that you work more and end up creating more problems than you solve.

First, working like that leads to a harsher burnout crash. Second, trying to fix issues by increasing the work hours – throwing more resources at the problems—favors brawn over the brain. The most likely outcome is inferior results.

Workaholics are unlikely to consistently make sound decisions. They are so tired that they can’t discriminate between what’s worth extra effort and what is not.

Millennials and Gen Z have made the cliché, work smarter, not harder real. They find ways to be more efficient. They grew up with new technologies and are experts at using the tools.

Bottom line?

The workaholics don’t accomplish more than intelligent workers. Of course, some of them consider themselves perfectionists. Most of the time, that means that they are wasting time on unnecessary details.

Workaholics are not role models. The actual role model is a Mom who finished what needed to be done faster and is now home taking care of the family.