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Americans' Work Ethic



For four hundred years or more, one thing has been a characteristic of Americans. It is called their "work ethic". Its

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were in the teaching of the Christian Puritans

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who first settled in is now the northeastern

state of Massachusetts. They believed that it was their

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duty to work at every task to please God by

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their , honesty, attention to detail, skill, and

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attitude. To these Puritans, it was a to be lazy

or to do less than your best in any task. They and later Americans tried to follow the Bible's man will not work, he shall not eat."

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, "If a

Therefore, Americans have for believed that

they were guilty of sin if they did not work as carefully and hard as they could when they did anything. God would punish those who were careless or lazy in their work.

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But some people have gone beyond the usual sense of diligence. They are especially attracted to the notion of "climbing the ladder" so as to increase their status, financial position, and sense of self-worth.

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The word

"workaholic" describes an individual who is as addicted to work as an alcoholic is to alcohol.

There are conflicting points of view about workaholics. Those concerned with problems of mental stress believe workaholics abuse themselves physically and mentally.

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The

American culture values achievement, efficiency, and production, and a workaholic upholds these values.




Your answer (1) rooms (2)

roots what moral diligence sin teachings centuries

Even as children they were taught, "If

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it's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well."

In English a new word has been created to describe people who work compulsively.

Others hold that workaholics are valuable members of society because they are extremely productive.

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