The Difference between Workaholics and High Achievers

There are healthier ways for you to work without sacrificing your professional values, relationships, or the expertise you provide to your organization or business.  There is a cultural misconception that you must be a workaholic, perpetually going above and beyond, aka, the classic Over Achiever to reach peak performance. Workaholism is the only addiction we celebrate.

People are applauded for being a workhorse, or burning the candle at both ends, which creates a perpetual cycle of stress and overwhelm.

It’s time to make a dramatic shift because this is not sustainable and doesn’t ensure productivity, or quality.

High performance and workaholism look the same on the outside. They both look like hard work. The difference is how the individual feels on the inside about who they are in relationship to their work.

A high achiever works hard in healthy sustainable ways and feels happy and inspired. A workaholic works hard in unhealthy unsustainable ways and feels unhappy and burned out.

You have a choice. I’ve switched from being a workaholic to being high achiever. The debilitating overworked culture will change by those who set a good example. I hope you’ll join me in being a role model.

I’m Caroline Dowd-Higgins, a burnout survivor on a mission to empower people as a company culture and leadership development motivational speaker, executive coach, and talent consultant. I work with leaders and organizations to create healthy and highly productive workplaces so people can do their best work and live their best lives.

Let’s connect—because we all benefit when people thrive in life and career at the same time.