In the heady go-go days of the early 80's being a workaholic was the "in" thing to be. This book defined the topic and those who fit the description. Naturally, as with any idea, its 15 minutes soon passed and the brain-dead zombie that is American Pop Culture was on to something else. However, this mindset is still floating around. Just depends. If you have the right job, enough power, and can ignore those around you...