Must Success Cost So Much

A study of more than 2,000 male executives and their wives over a five year period indicates certain factors which affect the ability of executives to have meaningful private lives. On-the-job frustration, self-doubt, and unfinished business cause emotional spillover into private life. This spillover manifests itself through fatigue, tension, and worrying. Major causes include the problems of adapting to a new job, the lack of an appropriate fit between a person and his job, and career disappointments.