somebody who is addicted to working. A workaholic spends long hours in the workplace and probably suffers from presenteeism. While workaholics may be very productive,...
Dear Annie: My husband is in his early 50s and self-employed. We are lucky that business is good, but it means he works 24/7. At most, he might take one or two days off a month. He works from home, so I can accept his long hours, but his mood...
Chocaholism is one of the few 'holisms' that has left me unscathed -- workaholism being another. I'll admit to an upward curve to any graph of my consumption, but I would point to its other axis -- the increasing quality of the choccy I've been able to get my sticky...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This year's NSWNA Professional Day in Sydney on 8 August aims to identify and foster leadership qualities while breaking down the 'generation gap' that inhibits communication and cooperation in the profession. The Lamp spoke with keynote speakers Avril Henry and Peter Sheahan, who are both renowned...
BBC golden couple Adrian Chiles and Jane Garvey have split up, it was revealed last night. Adrian, 41, who presents BBC1's The One Show, and Jane, 44, the voice of Radio 4's Woman's Hour, have been married for 10 years and have two daughters, Evelyn, eight,...
Television A workaholic with a traumatic childhood searches for answers among a remote tribe in Panama Tribal Wives BBC2 Dickens' Secret Lover CHANNEL 4 Money Programme Special - Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed...
Tribal Wives 9pm BBC2 Karen, a 46-year-old British single mother and workaholic businesswoman, feels she has lost sight of her own identity. She attempts to rediscover who she is deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle among the Waorani, one of the world's most isolated tribes. ...
PICK OF THE DAY Tribal Wives 9pm BBC2 Karen, a 46-year-old British single mother and workaholic businesswoman, feels she has lost sight of her own identity. She attempts to rediscover who she is deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle among the Waorani, one of...
IT may seem like an unlikely line up - Indiana Jones, Homer Simpson, James Bond and Sherlock Holmes - but these characters are being held up as examples of men who fail to look after their health. A poll is putting 10 fictional men on 'trial' charged...
Kate Hanni and Paul Hudson, soldiers in the fight for airline passenger rights, make an odd pair. Hanni, 47, a gregarious former real estate agent from Napa, Calif., has blond hair to her waist and sings in a rock band for fun. Hudson, 60, a bearded and spectacled lawyer comfortable...
RECRUITMENT Record-label scouts are fearless workaholics, but they get to make pop-music history, finds Hazel Davis Free gigs, the hottest new bands as your best mates, and the chance to discover the next Arctic Monkeys: the life of a record- label scout appears...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STEVE Bellamy is the founder of the Tennis Channel, an independent cable TV company in Santo Monica, and is now embarking on a new project, the Ski Channel, set to launch in August. He cuts his own hair, never wears a necktie and has a full...
Larry Stanley is 79 years old, "retired," and a self-proclaimed workaholic. He's also not alone. Retired once-prominent executives here might not punch the clock anymore, but rather than spend their sunset years perfecting their golf swings, many have stayed engaged in the business community by serving on the boards...
LEADING ARTICLE BERTIE AHERN Bertie Ahern, whose long and eventful political career has come to an abrupt halt, was always regarded as a likeable character, but his misfortune now seems to be that he will go down as a likeable rogue. For quite...
Glorious George George Gershwin: his life and work Howard Pollack University of California Press (Berkeley, Los Angeles & London, 2006); xvii, 884pp; £23.95. ISBN 978 0 520 24864 9. THER IS NAMOR TO SEYN.' No one need ever do it again! Howard Pollack's comprehensive exhaustiveness, familiar from his biography...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wilberforce is a young, workaholic who unwittingly enters a new world when he stops for a drink. Soon his friends, his priorities, and his life have all changed; but with the changes come new challenges: betrayal, obsession and addiction. ...
Happy Easter. Whether you're heading to a sunrise service, grandma's for ham and green bean casserole or the backyard for an egg hunt, hug your family and friends, take plenty of photos and pause to remember the simple pleasures we overlook amidst the chaos and competition of...
INDIANAPOLIS -- The desk is so large, it could have its own ZIP code. Behind it sat the basketball workaholic who has always known how to solve any problem. Until lately. Practice harder, shoot more free throws. That would usually do it. Most times, he would win and...
The present paper provides a concise overview of the "workaholism syndrome." This includes a discussion of workaholism from an addiction perspective, it's overall components and consequences, and a conceptual framework. Suggestions are offered for effective strategies to confront and mediate the onerous impact of workaholism. ********** ...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ALAN Auerbach spent his summers working at the Chicago Board of Trade while studying bioengineering at Boston University. It's this combination of science and finance that lead him in 2003 to found Cougar Biotechnology, a Westwood company that licenses and markets biotech drugs. At Seidler Cos....
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