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Workaholism: When Working Becomes an Addiction

As Marilyn Monroe once said: “A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it at night.”

She was certainly right.

Isn’t it easy to just concentrate on our work, getting “lost” in meetings, appointments, achievements, and events or even business travels? But at the end of the day: what’s it all worth?

Career opportunities are endless nowadays. We can work and study abroad, network with people all over the world. Being multilingual and having more than three university degrees is almost “a given,” but it appears that setting priorities and being in the moment has become one of the skills that most of us are lacking. Courses on mindfulness, business yoga, and…

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