After a 21-year career at Deloitte, Indian-origin executive Deepa Purushothaman walked away from corporate life when a severe health crisis stemmed from overworking.

According to a Business Insider report, Purushothaman joined Deloitte in 1999 as a senior consultant, soon after graduating from the Harvard Kennedy School. By 34, she became a partner, one of the first women of colour to reach that milestone at the firm.

“My superpower wasn’t being smarter than anyone else; it was that I could outwork almost anyone,” she said. After moving to San Francisco in 2014, her workweeks stretched to 100 hours, often leaving home at 4.00 AM and returning around 1.00 AM for months at a time, the report noted.

Following this, she suffered several health scares, including headaches, recurring infect

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