'We Need New [Work] Role Models'

Americans often cite their “Puritan work ethic” as the reason why they’re a) so productive and b) the only industrialized nation without mandatory maternity leave; all manner of other work-related issues can be traced back to our Puritan roots, scholars argue.

But Dan Pallotta, writing in the Harvard Business Review, reminds everyone that worry isn’t the same as work.

“Worry isn’t work. Being stressed out isn’t work. Anxiety isn’t work. Entertaining a sense of impending doom isn’t work.

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