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If You Want to Be Happy at Work, Have a Life Outside of It

Harvard Business Review

Half of Americans continue to work when they reach their mid-sixties, and, according to a 2015 Gallup survey, full-time American employees work an average of 47 hours a week. Why Your Late Twenties Feel So Stressful. We spend most of our adult waking hours working. Is it fair pay and benefits? Having a great boss? A clear career path?

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Staying Human in the Robot Age

Harvard Business Review

. “Relax, don’t fight it,” he’s advised – can’t he see that it’s easier, simpler – better – to live in a world without unruly emotions – all the messy downsides of humanity? Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. Attentional poverty.

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