‘Americans just work harder’ than Europeans, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund, because they have a higher ‘general level of ambition’

“We are not very ambitious. I should be careful about talking about work-life balance, but the Americans just work harder.”

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Unlike other posters, I think this is not wrong. You see a lot of "hustle culture" over there as well as the general belief that if they work hard they can get rich. Whether that's a good thing or not is another question.
- Hustle culture usually equates to doing a couple of hours work over 10 hours spent in the office for "visibility"

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