How Putting Family First Can Reignite Your Career
All work and no play is killing your productivity
Toward the end of his life, Sigmund Freud conceived the idea that human energy is finite. He argued that if workplaces declared war on the family, energy would flow away from lovers and toward the advancement of civilization.
Today, we live in a world where it seems as if Freud’s dream has come true. Our employers demand that we spend an increasing number of hours away from our families. Even when working from home, it feels as if all our energy is channeled away from the people who matter most.
But what if there was a better way? What if it was possible to escape this Freudian nightmare where our families are forced to make repeated sacrifices while greedy corporations profit?
Energy is not finite
Ever since Freud presented the idea that work and family are diametrically opposed to one another, we have continued to believe the myth that humans have a finite amount of resources with which to fulfill our many responsibilities. But as Dr. Sam D. Sieber from Columbia University points out, not every…
