From MSN.com
"Think you might have an addiction to work? Ask yourself the following questions from workaholics-anonymous.org. If you answer "yes" to three or more, you may be a workaholic."
20 Questions: How Do I Know If I'm A Workaholic?
- Do you get more excited about your work than about family or anything else?
- Are there times when you can charge through your work and other times when you can't?
- Do you take work with you to bed? On weekends? On vacation?
- Is work the activity you like to do best and talk about most?
- Do you work more than 40 hours a week?
- Do you turn your hobbies into money-making ventures?
- Do you take complete responsibility for the outcome of your work efforts?
- Have your family members or friends given up expecting you on time?
- Do you take on extra work because you are concerned that it won't otherwise get done?
- Do you underestimate how long a project will take and then rush to complete it?
- Do you believe that it is OK to work long hours if you love what you are doing?
- Do you get impatient with people who have other priorities besides work?
- Are you afraid that if you don't work hard you will lose your job or be a failure?
- Is the future a constant worry for you even when things are going very well?
- Do you do things energetically and competitively including play?
- Do you get irritated when people ask you to stop doing your work in order to do something else?
- Have your long hours hurt your family or other relationships?
- Do you think about your work while driving, falling asleep or when others are talking?
- Do you work or read during meals?
- Do you believe that more money will solve the other problems in your life?
I answered yes to 9 of these. However, I think that most lawyers in NY would answer yes to at least 9 of the above as well. Are we all workaholics? Maybe...
8 comments:
I scored 15 but then that is probably low for a physicist.
i am a slackaholic!
The corporate lawyer I know would definitely score at least that high- probably higher in fact, although I would label her a workaholic even before reading that list.
Why does the quiz assume: 1) that monetary compensation is equivalent to how hard you work? 2) that I would have a family or other relationships?
of course you would... right?
I got a 12. that list is bogus because I dont care about work. phooey
Oh ET#2, I wish you posted this a few weeks ago when I was out of work. That would have been much easier. (sigh...)
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