Why Americans Are SO OBSESSED With Overworking

do you ever feel like just grinding and grinding and grinding like no matter how hard you work is it ever enough well my friend the stats don't lie we Americans are obsessed with overworking ourselves to the Bone according to the international labor organization the average American worker clocks in around 1,750 hours per year that's

insane compared to Germany where they work just 1,350 hours annually we're putting in 400 more hours that's 10 full work weeks of extra grind and 25% more than others but wait there's more we're not just slugging it out harder than the Germans American workers are also outpacing our friends in Australia the UK Sweden Belgium and France when it

comes to hours spent on the clock and we're doing this at almost zero benefit compared to what they are now you might be thinking well duh we just built differently hard work is the American way well truly our productivity has risen since the 1950s however at the same time our wages stagnate yet instead

of working less we're still killing ourselves at the same tough pre-60s levels it makes you wonder what's the payoff here Studies have linked overwork to decreased happiness job satisfaction and even shorter life expectancy so we're giving up our health our personal lives for what to be cogs in society's machines I don't know about you but that

doesn't sit right with me what do you think is driving America's addiction to hustle culture hey wait I know the answer the American dream originally the American dream was all about having the opportunity to prosper and move up in life through hard work no matter your starting point it was the idea that even