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The dark underbelly of productivity
In May of 2020, Eropa Stein found herself in a very tough place. As an entrepreneur and founder of Hyre, a company that provides employee scheduling software, she was desperate to build her business. And the pressure had only become more intense during the pandemic. But as a human being, she was desperate to, well, sleep. And eat. And maybe see some sunshine.
But her human needs took a backseat to her drive to succeed. I felt as though if I didn t spend every spare second working on my business, I was being unproductive, she says. I wanted to do everything that I could to help my business survive, and that meant working nonstop.