Am I a workaholic?

Does this scenario sound familiar to you? You love your work and are responsible for multiple projects and tasks that continue to be assigned to you or your group. You actually thrive on the multiple deadline pressures. Or perhaps you hold multiple jobs or own your own business. Your work hours are long, your at-home hours short, and your sleep hours few. Vacations and social visits with friends are a distant memory. Your only hobby is your job. It's pretty likely that you -- or someone you know -- is a workaholic. Workaholics live for their work, often spending many extra hours at work, and often taking work home to complete. Americans -- when compared to many other countries -- are typically a work-hard culture, but when work becomes the sole reason for a construction executive's existence above more important things (such as family and friends), the issue becomes critical.

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