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Daily Mail
10 hours ago
- General
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE I'm a proud gold digger who bagged a billionaire a decade my senior. Here are my secrets to hooking the biggest fish
Are you a woman working long hours for a company that doesn't value your contributions? Still investing time and emotion into romantic relationships that go nowhere?
Entrepreneur
2 days ago
- Business
- Entrepreneur
How to Quit the 'Hustle' Grind Before It Breaks You
Research shows productivity drastically declines after working 44 hours per week or more. So why is hustle culture still pushed in entrepreneur circles? It's time to forget that mentality and lead like a real hustler. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. 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 greater efforts leading to greater rewards, or are we simply paying a price we never intended to pay? Related: Why Hustle and Work-Life Balance Are 2 Clichés I Wish Would Go Away How did we get here? While hustle culture didn't happen overnight, by 2015, the average full-time worker in the United States was logging a 47-hour workweek. Somewhere between Silicon Valley tech startups, the explosion of the gig economy in the early 2010s and the rise of social media influencers, overwork became a normalized way of life. Not only did the emergence of startups like Apple and Facebook glamorize the full-throttle, no-excuses grind, but after the 2007-2009 recession, hustling felt like a lot more than a mindset — it became a survival tactic. Wanting to prove our worth, we listened as influencers like Grant Cardone or Gary Vaynerchuk told us from their G-Wagons that the recipe for success was to grind harder. As our physical, mental and emotional resources were slowly sapped, what we once valued was forced to take a backseat. Wellness, relationships and sleep be damned. Just a little more hard work, more hours, more networking, more output, more…more. After all, our worth was measured in the number of hours we worked, wasn't it? If hashtags were to be believed, #sleepisfortheweak. Soon, we were a caricature of our former selves, swimming in a sea of sameness fueled by adrenaline, caffeine and the latest "self-improvement" mantra we picked up on TikTok. After all, if we were going to reach that unreachable dream, someone had to pay the cost. Does hustle culture deliver what it promises? Earlier this year, Elon Musk posted on X that "Very few…actually work the weekend, so it's like the opposing team just leaves the field for two days! Working the weekend is a superpower." Twelve hours later, the world learned that the DOGE employees were working a staggering 120 hours a week. Was Musk right? Does working more hours give us superhuman powers, or does his "simple math" fail to add up? Let's take a closer look. A Stanford University study found that overwork comes with diminishing returns. Logging more than 55 hours a week actually decreases your productivity. According to Gallup, the risk of burnout for engaged employees doubles when an employee works 45 hours or more per week, with the risk climbing even higher for employees who aren't engaged in their jobs. After recognizing burnout as a global health issue in 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that working long hours can put you at a significantly higher risk of stroke and heart disease. According to another study, the life of an entrepreneur doubles your risk of depression and triples your chances of becoming an addict — all thanks to factors we've normalized, like the stress and isolation of the job. Despite these alarming statistics, new findings show a shift is happening. While the Baby Boomers may still be stuck sipping on the hustle-culture Kool-Aid, younger generations like millennials and Gen Z are increasingly prioritizing healthier lifestyles and work-life balance over a bigger paycheck. In fact, work-life balance is their number one priority when choosing a new job, with millennials leading the charge. In other words, they're waking up and realizing there's truth to Dolly Parton's words: You don't have to "get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life." Related: Hustle Culture Is Lying to You — and Derailing Your Business How to de-hustle your way to a life worth living I don't know about you, but if my #alwaysbeclosing mantra has me so locked in that I'm on the fast track to barely recognizing myself, are all those late-night hours still the badge of honor I thought they were? If I hustle my way from an abundant life with loved ones to a one-man show, will my "success" really justify the cost of what I've lost? If relentless stress has my mental health nosediving, are soaring profits truly worth making short work of the one life I've got? Seven years ago, I decided I was done being another mindless cog in the hustle machine. I'd taken a hard look at what I'd become and realized I no longer recognized the man in the mirror. I'd lost my authenticity, what made me…me. My creativity was sapped, and my work was essentially a carbon copy of my colleagues. My hustling hadn't just cost my creativity — it had cost my company, my customers, my relationships and my well-being. It was time to de-hustle my life. No, I didn't decide to take up forest bathing or goat yoga, but I did integrate a set of "de-hustling" principles I still follow today. Adopting these hasn't just transformed how I live, but they've been a game-changer in how I run my business. It turns out that de-hustling didn't kill my business — it's increased our revenue every year by at least 30%. A real hustler operates like this: Works no more than 30 hours per week and often enjoys three-day weekends Prioritizes time with loved ones and themselves Keeps work as a second, third or fourth priority Explores diverse cultures and ideas to develop a richer intellect Rejects systems and recipes for chasing the dollar Operates with true strategy and purpose, where every action is connected to a measurable outcome Leads with empathy and compassion In the end, adopting a living-first mentality isn't about dreaming smaller or capping your potential. It's about slowing down, ditching the autopilot of the grind and being intentional and efficient. It's about caring for ourselves and choosing presence over the quick plateaus of performance. It's about spending time with those we love and doing the things that make us feel alive. It's about building a life and business without sacrificing what matters most at the altar of rhetoric disguised as self-improvement. Welcome to de-hustling — where your life as a real hustler begins.
Irish Times
2 days ago
- Health
- Irish Times
Health takes a back seat when working and raising young children. We just get on with it
When you are working and raising young children, you have little time to think about your own health or your physical and mental needs. It is an oversight that is reinforced by social and cultural messages that encourage women to subsume their needs for others. We just get on with it. Does this have an impact on our careers and our long-term health and happiness? Possibly. Research from the McKinsey Health Institute shows that working-age women are not in the prime of their lives and may actually be in the prime of their health decline. Women live longer but spend 25 per cent more time in poor health than men, the study found, an average of nine years more. And it is not towards the end of their lives that this 'health gap' manifests itself but predominantly during women's main working and childbearing years. READ MORE Addressing the women's health gap could add €1 trillion to the global economy by 2040, according to the report Closing the Women's Health Gap. 'This estimate is probably conservative, given the historical underreporting and data gaps on women's health conditions, which undercounts the prevalence of and undervalues the health burden of many conditions for women,' it said. In Ireland, for example, the number of women in employment has more than doubled in the past 26 years to more than 1.3 million The difference between health outcomes for men and women results from the structural and systematic barriers women face in terms of access to appropriate healthcare, lack of data and low investment in women's health. Women were largely invisible to the medical and scientific communities until three decades ago. They were considered 'small men', and the impact of their hormones and physical differences were not taken into account when trials were conducted to research disease, when teaching about symptoms, treatment and even medication dosages and their possible side effects. When the scientific community woke up to the fact that women's bodies were actually different from those of small men in 1993, women had already entered the workforce in large numbers. And the number has grown exponentially since then. In Ireland, for example, the number of women in employment has more than doubled in the past 26 years to more than 1.3 million. Irish doctor Hazel Wallace, author of Not Just a Period, says women's health is still not taken as seriously as men's by the medical profession. Women are frequently misdiagnosed, their ailments dismissed and are patronised or laughed at. This medical gaslighting, a failure to acknowledge their illness, and shame often prevent women from taking paid sick leave off. It's not just frustrating, it's harmful, as they're not getting access to appropriate healthcare, says Wallace. Women can lose years of their life to disability. The average length of time it takes to diagnose endometriosis is 10-35 years even though it affects 10 per cent of the 190 million women of childbearing age globally. Endometriosis is a chronic disease that causes severe, life-impacting pain during periods, sex, bowel movements and/or urination, plus chronic pelvic pain, fatigue and sometimes depression, anxiety and infertility. It can start from a woman's first period and last until menopause. There is no known cure but treatment can help control symptoms and pain. Yet many women are told it's all in their head or that they're being overly emotional. So they suffer decades of pain unnecessarily. [ Can you afford to get sick in Ireland? Opens in new window ] The types of medical care women receive also differ. Cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer of women globally yet heart attacks in women present differently. Women have a general feeling of discomfort, nausea or just feel something is off. Medical professionals are taught to look for a pain in the chest or arm, symptoms that are typical for men. As such, women are seven times more likely to die in an A&E due to heart attack because their symptoms are minimised or ignored. How much stress, burnout, sick days and poor health might be prevented by doctors simply taking women's health complaints seriously instead of gaslighting them ? Women's poor health affects their partners' and children's lives too. If one of the main earners and carers in a family is regularly debilitated by pain, inevitably their partner needs to take sick days to care for them, their children or elderly relatives. They may even have to quit their jobs and depend on State supports. Two-income families are a necessity for most people in modern Ireland. The Government, employers and doctors need to help ensure that women (and their partners) can keep earning and caring for loved ones throughout their lives. Early detection and treatment of chronic conditions would increase productivity and the longevity of women's careers and reduce the number of sick days each year, a financial and economic benefit for families, employers and the economy. [ 'Menstrual health affects everything - our work, our relationships, our mental health. Yet it's still whispered about' Opens in new window ] Society needs to focus on the root causes of the women's health gap and help support them to live healthier, happier and more productive lives. One way to help improve things is to start collecting relevant data to inform policy. Dr Sara Burke , director of the Centre for Health Policy and Management at Trinity College Dublin, says we are just at the beginning of trying to understand women's health, or experience of health, and what the public policy response should be to improve it. Previously, medical tests and trials were only conducted on healthy white men of working age, so our understanding of gender-based health differences and outcomes is limited. 'Good data or information helps us understand what the problem is, and when it's broken down by gender, age, disadvantage, ethnicity, that's very helpful. It's only when you have that data that you can you really understand what's going on and begin doing something about it.' Medical educators are also waking up to the issue. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland's School of Population Health recently launched a Women's Health Research Network to promote and advance research dedicated to women's health in Ireland. Dr Angela Flynn, cofounder of the network, said: 'Women's health has been underrepresented in Ireland's research agenda for far too long. A long-term investment strategy is needed to secure dedicated funding from national agencies.' Companies that address women's health issues stand to make significant profits in the coming years Women experience unique health challenges, yet many conditions remain poorly understood or lack tailored prevention, diagnosis and management strategies, according to the network. 'One in five women of reproductive age lives with obesity in Ireland , impacting reproductive health, pregnancy outcomes and intergenerational health. One in six couples in Ireland experiences infertility . Endometriosis affects an estimated 155,000 women. 'Heart disease and stroke account for a quarter of all female deaths in Ireland. Menopause increases the risk of osteoporosis and heart disease. Each year almost 3,600 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Ireland – 30 per cent of all cancer diagnoses.' According to the 2016 Healthy Ireland survey, young women – those aged 15-24 – have the highest levels of negative mental health. Despite these figures global investment in research focusing on women's health is less than 5 per cent of total research and development spending and it is mainly cancer-related, according to McKinsey. Companies that address women's health issues stand to make significant profits in the coming years. For too long, the beauty and fashion industries have been the only ones to gain from products and services targeting women. Venture capital firms and investors have largely failed to invest in women and in businesses that address women's health, ignoring a potentially lucrative and powerful market. Women are the biggest spenders in households and, despite the health gap, they are gaining in economic power too. Watch this space. Margaret E Ward is chief executive of Clear Eye leadership consultancy. margaret@
Irish Times
2 days ago
- Health
- Irish Times
Women were considered ‘small men' by medical research until 1993. This has led to a workplace health gap
When you are working and raising young children, you have little time to think about your own health or your physical and mental needs. It is an oversight that is reinforced by social and cultural messages that encourage women to subsume their needs for others. We just get on with it. Does this have an impact on our careers and our long-term health and happiness? Possibly. Research from the McKinsey Health Institute shows that working-age women are not in the prime of their lives and may actually be in the prime of their health decline. Women live longer but spend 25 per cent more time in poor health than men, the study found, an average of nine years more. And it is not towards the end of their lives that this 'health gap' manifests itself but predominantly during women's main working and childbearing years. READ MORE Addressing the women's health gap could add €1 trillion to the global economy by 2040, according to the report Closing the Women's Health Gap. 'This estimate is probably conservative, given the historical underreporting and data gaps on women's health conditions, which undercounts the prevalence of and undervalues the health burden of many conditions for women,' it said. In Ireland, for example, the number of women in employment has more than doubled in the past 26 years to more than 1.3 million The difference between health outcomes for men and women results from the structural and systematic barriers women face in terms of access to appropriate healthcare, lack of data and low investment in women's health. Women were largely invisible to the medical and scientific communities until three decades ago. They were considered 'small men', and the impact of their hormones and physical differences were not taken into account when trials were conducted to research disease, when teaching about symptoms, treatment and even medication dosages and their possible side effects. When the scientific community woke up to the fact that women's bodies were actually different from those of small men in 1993, women had already entered the workforce in large numbers. And the number has grown exponentially since then. In Ireland, for example, the number of women in employment has more than doubled in the past 26 years to more than 1.3 million. Irish doctor Hazel Wallace, author of Not Just a Period, says women's health is still not taken as seriously as men's by the medical profession. Women are frequently misdiagnosed, their ailments dismissed and are patronised or laughed at. This medical gaslighting, a failure to acknowledge their illness, and shame often prevent women from taking paid sick leave off. It's not just frustrating, it's harmful, as they're not getting access to appropriate healthcare, says Wallace. Women can lose years of their life to disability. The average length of time it takes to diagnose endometriosis is 10-35 years even though it affects 10 per cent of the 190 million women of childbearing age globally. Endometriosis is a chronic disease that causes severe, life-impacting pain during periods, sex, bowel movements and/or urination, plus chronic pelvic pain, fatigue and sometimes depression, anxiety and infertility. It can start from a woman's first period and last until menopause. There is no known cure but treatment can help control symptoms and pain. Yet many women are told it's all in their head or that they're being overly emotional. So they suffer decades of pain unnecessarily. [ Can you afford to get sick in Ireland? Opens in new window ] The types of medical care women receive also differ. Cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer of women globally yet heart attacks in women present differently. Women have a general feeling of discomfort, nausea or just feel something is off. Medical professionals are taught to look for a pain in the chest or arm, symptoms that are typical for men. As such, women are seven times more likely to die in an A&E due to heart attack because their symptoms are minimised or ignored. How much stress, burnout, sick days and poor health might be prevented by doctors simply taking women's health complaints seriously instead of gaslighting them ? Women's poor health affects their partners' and children's lives too. If one of the main earners and carers in a family is regularly debilitated by pain, inevitably their partner needs to take sick days to care for them, their children or elderly relatives. They may even have to quit their jobs and depend on State supports. Two-income families are a necessity for most people in modern Ireland. The Government, employers and doctors need to help ensure that women (and their partners) can keep earning and caring for loved ones throughout their lives. Early detection and treatment of chronic conditions would increase productivity and the longevity of women's careers and reduce the number of sick days each year, a financial and economic benefit for families, employers and the economy. [ 'Menstrual health affects everything - our work, our relationships, our mental health. Yet it's still whispered about' Opens in new window ] Society needs to focus on the root causes of the women's health gap and help support them to live healthier, happier and more productive lives. One way to help improve things is to start collecting relevant data to inform policy. Dr Sara Burke , director of the Centre for Health Policy and Management at Trinity College Dublin, says we are just at the beginning of trying to understand women's health, or experience of health, and what the public policy response should be to improve it. Previously, medical tests and trials were only conducted on healthy white men of working age, so our understanding of gender-based health differences and outcomes is limited. 'Good data or information helps us understand what the problem is, and when it's broken down by gender, age, disadvantage, ethnicity, that's very helpful. It's only when you have that data that you can you really understand what's going on and begin doing something about it.' Medical educators are also waking up to the issue. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland's School of Population Health recently launched a Women's Health Research Network to promote and advance research dedicated to women's health in Ireland. Dr Angela Flynn, cofounder of the network, said: 'Women's health has been underrepresented in Ireland's research agenda for far too long. A long-term investment strategy is needed to secure dedicated funding from national agencies.' Companies that address women's health issues stand to make significant profits in the coming years Women experience unique health challenges, yet many conditions remain poorly understood or lack tailored prevention, diagnosis and management strategies, according to the network. 'One in five women of reproductive age lives with obesity in Ireland , impacting reproductive health, pregnancy outcomes and intergenerational health. One in six couples in Ireland experiences infertility . Endometriosis affects an estimated 155,000 women. 'Heart disease and stroke account for a quarter of all female deaths in Ireland. Menopause increases the risk of osteoporosis and heart disease. Each year almost 3,600 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Ireland – 30 per cent of all cancer diagnoses.' According to the 2016 Healthy Ireland survey, young women – those aged 15-24 – have the highest levels of negative mental health. Despite these figures global investment in research focusing on women's health is less than 5 per cent of total research and development spending and it is mainly cancer-related, according to McKinsey. Companies that address women's health issues stand to make significant profits in the coming years. For too long, the beauty and fashion industries have been the only ones to gain from products and services targeting women. Venture capital firms and investors have largely failed to invest in women and in businesses that address women's health, ignoring a potentially lucrative and powerful market. Women are the biggest spenders in households and, despite the health gap, they are gaining in economic power too. Watch this space. Margaret E Ward is chief executive of Clear Eye leadership consultancy. margaret@
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Men Who Are Married, Share With Us What You Do The Minute Your Wife And Kids Leave The House
While it's incredibly important to have alone time when you're in a relationship, sometimes this time is hard to come by because you have kids or you work a lot. So when you do finally get some "me time," it's the perfect opportunity to do whatever you want, whenever you want. So that's why we want to ask married men, "What's the first thing you do when your family leaves the house, and finally you're by yourself?" Related: There Are 6 Universal Wedding Dress Aesthetics — Here's Your Best Fit Do you immediately lock the doors, close the curtains, and play your favorite rock album on repeat while you lie on the floor, looking at the ceiling? Related: There Are 7 Specific And Distinct Types Of Beauty — Here's Which One Matches Your Natural Features Or maybe you order from that one place your wife tells you you shouldn't, and eat everything without any regret. Or finally, maybe you just binge the show you've been meaning to catch up on, but have had no time to because of your busy schedule? Whatever you do, married men, tell us exactly what you do the minute your wife and kids leave the house in the anonymous Google Form or in the comments below: Also in Community: Everyone Is Similar To A Classic American Girl Doll — Answer 8 Random Questions To Discover Yours Also in Community: It's Time To Rate These 2025 Met Gala Looks Also in Community: Your Taco Preferences Will Reveal If You Give Off Disney Hero Or Villain Vibes
