Perhaps. But lawyers, doctors and business-school grads work in professions where there is simply a lot of work that needs to be done. My brother-in-law is doing his surgical residency now. There's simply no way for him to work less hours than required.
Lawyers work ridiculous hours. They are basically slaves. They trade their lives away chasing dollars. Not too smart.
To make a high salary generally requires a lot of work. People have the option of working a less stressful job for less money, but hard-chargers tend to go for the high-paying jobs.
The money quote. Another bitter badger.
Are you channeling Obama?
It depends. In the corporate field, this is definitely not true. Certain "professionals" like doctors and lawyers work notoriously long hours. I don't know about doctors. I would definitely say lawyers are what you call "hard-chargers." I call 'em suckers. Life is too short to waste on meaningless work, at someone else's beck and call, with no life, no freedom.
The problem with some of these hard chargers is they can only function when the track is all laid out for them. That is one reason they excel at school, and later, at jobs like lawyering. It's all cut and dried. Laid out. ALL they have to do is exert themselves and stay focused. They're like hurdlers.
Gross generalization? Sure. It's the internet. Sue me(har har.) But I think there's truth to it. I guess we need someone to shuffle all that paper. Someone's got to do it. But to me, it's a waste of life.