These people are unjustly accused, abused, and defamed — often, termed sick or morbid or on the border of pathology.About 30% ofAmerican business and commerce is carried on the shoulders of workaholics. The ratio might exist in art and science too. Workaholics are the achievers, the excelers. There is a national conspiracy against excellence and undue admiration of commonness and mediocrity. It is as if we are against those who make uncommon sacrifices because they enjoy doing something. Some famous psychologists say that the workaholic has an inferiority complex which leads to over-compensation. This is certainly not the case. Inferiority, or low esteem, describes laziness more accurately than it describes dedication. We do not seem to realize that very little excellence is achieved by living a well-balanced life.Edison, Ford,Einstein, Freud all had single-minded devotion to work whereby they sacrificed many things, including family and friendship. The accusation is made that workaholics bear guilt by not being good parents or spouses.But guilt can exist in the balanced life also. Think how many "normal" people and middle-ages who have never done anything well — they are going to settle for less than what they could have become. The author of the passage would most likely agree that the workaholic A、is mentally ill. B、performs an insignficant proportion ofAmerican business. C、will not have the regrets that many "normal" people face at middle-age. D、suffers from low serf-esteem.