Why You Should Embrace Work-Life Imbalance  Why is everybody so
concerned about work-life balance? According to one urban
legend, based on 1950s pop psychology, workaholics are greedy
and selfish people who are bound to die from a heart attack. Not
really. As the great David Ogilvy once said: "Men die of
boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of
hard work." This is especially true if your work is meaningful.
Most of the studies on the harmful effects of excessive work
rely on subjective evaluations of work "overload." They fail to
disentangle respondents' beliefs and emotions about work. If
something bores you, it will surely seem tedious. When you hate
your job, you will register any amount of work as excessive—it's
like forcing someone to eat a big plate of food they dislike,
then asking if they had enough of it. Overworking is really only
possible if you are not having fun at work. By the same token,
any amount of work will be dull if you are not engaged, or if
you find your work un