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A 3 page categorization of workers verses workaholics and the various types of workaholics that are out there. This paper points the finger at workaholism as being an addiction, an addiction the results in no positive gain in either the workplace or the personal life of the worker. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPworkaholic.rtf
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Workaholics are a common element in many workplaces. Workaholics, however, are an aberrant element
of those workplaces. Workaholism is an addiction. It shares, in fact, many of the symptom of other addictions. Workaholics are defined as those that invest all of
their energy and resources into their work while allowing other important aspects of their lives to fall to the background. Goodman (2006) notes that a workaholics personal life is
often in shambles. They dont have many friends, they typically have no hobbies, and they simply dont care about anything other than their work.
On first consideration it might be reasoned that much of our culture goads workers into becoming workaholics. We are rewarded for hard work afterall
with all the material things in life. Even our religions would seem to direct us toward being a workaholic. Proverbs 13:4, in fact, tells us that "The soul
of the sluggard desireth and has nothing but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat". In Proverbs 13:11 we read "Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished:
but he that gathereth by labour shall increase". Yes, our labor is indeed rewarded with material gain. At the same time, however, we must take heed that when
work takes precedence over all other aspects of our life, when we transgress from diligent workers to workaholics, we are treading in a realm of aberrance.
Given the propensity of our society to reward hard work it is logical to question how do we separate what is normal and healthy
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