My Boss’s 5:15 AM Lie: How I Sabotaged His Sleep for Months

In the cutthroat world of corporate India, where deadlines loom and targets dictate your life, there’s one thing bosses love more than profit: ‘hustle culture.’ My manager, Mr. Sharma, was the High Priest of this cult. For two long years, every single weekly team meeting became his personal pulpit to preach about how “real leaders wake up before the sun.” He’d make passive-aggressive comments, eyeing those of us who looked slightly less enthusiastic about 6 AM jogs. To prove his point, every single weekday, at precisely 5:15 AM, an email from him would land in our inboxes. Detailed project updates, action items, motivational quotes – always sharp, always early. It was his daily badge of honour, a constant reminder of our supposed inadequacy.

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