Leaders Underestimate the Real Danger of Work Overload
Stress
I commute back to Italy, from Germany (where I work), once per week. I stay in an apartment during the week and fly home to see my daughter and my wife on Friday nights. I then leave for the airport to return back to work, on Sunday afternoon. My daughter is fine with it. When she was small, I used to commute to Paris. She’s never known any other way of life, so that’s fine.
—Paolo, Italy
I haven’t seen my children except for weekends, for months. When I leave for work, they are asleep and when I return home it is too late to wake them. Even worse, I haven’t talked to them about why Daddy is never there. I want to do that but I haven’t got the time ...
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