Why Hustle Culture Is the Most Dangerous Lie Founders Still Believe

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Death by overwork. In Japan, they call this phenomenon “karoshi,” a term coined to capture the ultimate cost of the “rise and grind” hustle culture — the human life.

With 70% of the C-suite reporting they’re seriously considering finding another career, turnover costs due to employee burnout have reached a staggering $322 billion globally. Add burnout being linked to a host of physical and mental health struggles, from depression to heart disease and it’s not a far reach to theorize that something isn’t working.

Undoubtedly, there’s always another goal to crush, but is it worth working until we quite literally…drop? Are our

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