'Workism' and America's obsession with work as its new religion
More Americans are looking to their jobs to define their identities and communities, in a phenomenon known as "workism."
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More Americans are looking to their jobs to define their identities and communities, in a phenomenon known as "workism."
When your career overshadows all other parts of your life, you may want to rethink your priorities
One lasting fallout from COVID’s enforced quiet time:ongoing reassessment of personal values. The key to a happy, successful life might be to expand your ambition-scape.
Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of rewatching my two favorite movies from the 2010s: 'The Intern' starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway and of course, the cult favorite, 'The Devil Wears Prada.' And while I only intended for these movies to just play in the background as I went on with my weekend chores, I found myself forgetting about the chores and remaining solely focused on the screen.
<b>Cambridge Forum</b> kicks off a new series considering the changing nature of work with <b>SIMONE STOLZOFF</b>, journalist and author of <i>THE GOOD ENOUGH JOB: Reclaiming Life from Work</i>.<br/><br/>From the moment we ask children what they want to “be” when they grow up, we teach them a fateful lesson: we are what we do. For many Americans, jobs have become akin to a religious identity – they provide a paycheck, but also meaning, community and a sense of purpose. The question is at what cost and are we asking too much of our jobs, to ...