It’s as if we’ve all become characters in Graham Greene’s novel A Burnt-Out Case. Everyone moans about how fiercely they’re banging away, too swamped and spent to truly vacate. But is that true? More often than anyone wants to admit, vacation aversion is less about overwork than about self-delusion and narcissism. How many times have you heard a variant of: I can’t go on vacation because Jim won’t be able to handle my job?
Bloomberg Businessweek

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