"Hard Work Pays" - Is It A Myth..?
Ramesh Sood
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And he said, "Sir, I think I must always work more than what I am paid. That should be my commitment. Only then I will be able to rise and move forward in life. "
I was thinking of those who were getting paid much higher than their work for the reasons only known to them. Perhaps people like him have for eons compensated for those others and then faded away just before reaching the pinnacle because they were never permitted to.
They say hard work pays.. I think it doesn't. Without support it doesn't. And for support you need something more than the hard work. You need to bring those who matter to your side.
There are no short-cuts. Building rapport is what matters most. And who can leave out the role luck plays.
For me success will be denoted by Hard Work + Rapport + Luck..
What do you say?
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9 年Difference between hard work & smart work is at mental level. If someone is working with stress, this will be called hard work & if one is putting 100% with-out taking any stress & enjoying working, the same should be called smart work. Definition for success will also be different for different people. Reaching at the top in the profession will be the success for few while having better work life balance & relationship matters most for others. What I feel that most important thing is to put your 100% whatever is done at the moment to get success. For me the success is “learn to live in the present moment”.
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9 年Another piece of interesting thread for discussion. Since childhood we have been taught that hard work pays and no alternate and no short-cuts for success. And when I say success I include mental piece also. Hard work with lots of insights & skills and luck lead to success. I am a firm believer of the karma yoga principle of The Bhagwad Gita. Rapport is an interpersonal skill that is again Karma. Karma can be individual and collective. “What goes around comes around” the basic understanding of how karma works and that is hard work…. So, my point of view is hard work + luck = success + mental piece….
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9 年Agree that hard work, rapport and luck leads to success. Adding to the same hard work towards gaining knowledge will give success. According to me today we should try to do a job where we can satisfy our passion. Job with passion could be the future....
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9 年Nick C. Cicchino, EdD (expected 2016), Happy to have your point of view..as usual you have been candid... I place some of the 'outside' variables that you talk about as luck.. RS:)
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9 年WORKERS' COMPENSATION: It is indeed possible for you to begin with neither a strong educational background or experience in any particular field, and still be able to rise to great heights simply because you are willing to work hard. CAUSE AND EFFECT: You cause your own effects in life by the choices and decisions that you have the opportunity to make freely every day. No such thing as good or bad luck. Just good or bad choices and decisions. THE RIGHT STUFF: Even if someone were simply to be at “the right place at the right time” it would be of no significance, to the “wrong” person. You must be prepared to be the right person. (CREATAIVITY) + (DRIVE) = EXCITING THINGS: Most individuals (or entire organizations for that matter) don’t position themselves to be fired, promoted, or to quit. ---------- but rather, they suppress their own creativity and drive — seemingly content to perform at what could be called “adequate” yet not very exciting levels.