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Extremely productive company 37signals (authors of Ruby on Rails) have a short 
but interesting post on workaholism. It seems that workaholics actually create situations that require more work. This makes sense. And there are plenty of opportunities to fabricate more work: focus on small, inconsequential details; say yes to things before you have finished what you are currently working on; have no idea how long it’ll take to finish your current project (this is a big one for programming), etc.
The problem is that many work environments actually encourage people to act the workaholic way (and look busy all the time). If your workplace is one of these, there’s little you can do.
I’m still not seeing any stats that prove that non-workaholics get more done than workaholics though 
About the author: Jose Quesada wanted to be a matador, an acrobatic pilot, or a painter, but found those activities not demanding enough, so he chose an academic career. He secretly hopes to orchestrate a system that produces papers without any human intervention (particularly, his).
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AMA citation:
Quesada J. Workaholics fixate on inconsequential details (37signals). Academic Productivity. 2008. Available at: http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/workaholics-fixate-on-inconsequential-details-37signals/. Accessed August 21, 2008.
APA citation:
Quesada, Jose. (2008). Workaholics fixate on inconsequential details (37signals). Retrieved August 21, 2008, from Academic Productivity Web site: http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/workaholics-fixate-on-inconsequential-details-37signals/
Chicago citation:
Quesada, Jose. 2008. Workaholics fixate on inconsequential details (37signals). Academic Productivity. http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/workaholics-fixate-on-inconsequential-details-37signals/ (accessed August 21, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Quesada, J 2008, Workaholics fixate on inconsequential details (37signals), Academic Productivity. Retrieved August 21, 2008, from <http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/workaholics-fixate-on-inconsequential-details-37signals/>
MLA citation:
Quesada, Jose. "Workaholics fixate on inconsequential details (37signals)." 10 May. 2008. Academic Productivity. Accessed 21 Aug. 2008. <http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/workaholics-fixate-on-inconsequential-details-37signals/>
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but interesting post on workaholism. It seems that workaholics actually create situations that require more work. This makes sense. And there are plenty of opportunities to fabricate more work: focus on small, inconsequential details; say yes to things before you have finished what you are currently working on; have no idea how long it’ll take to finish your current project (this is a big one for programming), etc.