Michael ZellerNeurorewired LLC · Neurorewiring Expert

The Addiction Nobody Talks About

24 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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A high achiever describes workaholism as addiction: the relentless chase for the next challenge or trophy becomes self-exploitation. He warns that without intentional checks, the compulsive pursuit of work harms personal well-being and those around you.

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Workaholism is a form of addiction, and many, many high achievers have some form of that. Where it's always the next thing. We're chasing the next rainbow or the next big challenge, next trophy. And yes, I like to be challenged and to grow, but when it is at the expense we're compromising, it's kind of like when capitalism has no regulation. Well, then it's exploitative, and it's exploitative of yourself. And we don't want to be exploitative of ourselves and others, right? So we have to have some level of checks and balances.