Are you addicted to work? Take this quiz and find out.
- Do other view you as a high-energy person?
- When you are not busy working, do you feel bored or depressed?
- Is your mind so full of work thoughts that you have difficulty sleeping at night?
- Do you have trouble saying “No”?
- Do people warn you to slow down, even though you don’t want to?
- Do you belong to more than three professional organizations?
- Do you truly “get away from it all” on vacation or do you take work along with you and stay in constant contact with your office?
- Are you always concerned with how other view your performance?
- Do you “see red” when things are done to perfection?
- Do you rarely, if ever, take time to relax – read a novel, watch TV, or listen to music – without doing anything else?
Score yourself on the number of “yes answers” :
- 1-4 : Work addiction unlikely
- 5 : Moderate tendency toward work addiction
- 6-7 : High tendency toward work addiction
- 8-10: Probably work addiction