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Research shows that forcing long hours, face time for the sake of face time, and late nights actually kills creativity and good thinking, and the ensuing stress, anxiety, and depression eat up health-care budgets.
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Too much cortisol can lead to a weakened immune system, anxiety, depression, obesity, and cardiovascular disease.
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Studies have shown that people who spend excessive time on social media experience higher rates of depression and anxiety.
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…surviving multiple layoffs wears down people’s psychological defenses, provoking depression, health problems, and thoughts of quitting.
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Compared with games, reality is depressing. Games focus our energy, with relentless optimism, on something we’re good at and enjoy.
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…our tendency to set unrealistic goals, may be the cause of much of the current depression epidemic in the United States.
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It’s depressing to spend our lives pursuing unrealistic goals. For anyone who wants to opt out of this culture of extreme dreaming, games help enormously.
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The more we focus on ourselves and avoid a commitment to others… research shows, the more we suffer from anxiety and depression.
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Above all, leaders cannot have a bad day. No matter how scared and depressed you are, you cannot show fear, uncertainty, or doubt. You must exude optimism every day.
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A realistic description is that startups take four to five years of long hours at low pay with incredible highs and depressing lows with the constant fear of running out of money. And this is if things go well.
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