- - Tommy Hilfiger
"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will jot always get you to the top but should get you pretty close."
- - Margaret Thatcher
"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- - Mohammed Ali
"It is how hard you work at night when no one is watching that determines how well you do or how far you get in the morning when everyone is watching."
- - Nnaemeka Udoka
The desire for success is not a guarantee for success. It is good to dream of success but only those who persist in hard work will achieve success. While dreamers are asleep, it is those who wake up and work hard to pursue their dreams that see those dreams come to pass.
We have all been to malls where we see items beautifully displayed on shelves. How many of us know the effort back room staff put in just to endure we have a pleasant shopping experience always? Many of us have gone to live shows. All we see are bright lights, hear great songs and watch dance moves. Do you know the amount of hours put in to hone those things we go to see? Have you ever imagined the amount of work that goes into preparing finger-licking dishes?
We work hard alone but the whole world comes to celebrate our success.
Success is not accidental. It is planned. Success is not brought by luck. It is hard work that provides the best guarantee of success. Find anyone who has won a lottery and ask questions. Indeed, hardwork may not guarantee success but it brings you quite close to it. Some may argue that there are people who worked and continue to work hard but haven't become successful. This is true. I will tell why later. My point for now is that hard work is the most assured way of becoming genuinely successful. These days people think more of what success brings and less of hard work that brings success. Such thinking is not right. You cannot detach a house from its foundation or build a house from the roof. While success is the house you see above the ground a lot of work goes into the foundation underneath. The tree that desires to have branches that reach heaven (success) must have roots that reach deep into hell (hard work).
More and more youth of today dream of success (they are sleeping) while less and less are getting successful (the few who are awake and hustling). Work ethic has become so poor that many want fat pay for doing little or nothing. There is no shortcut to success. Success is not a destination but a journey that never ends. This is why you work twice harder after you have become successful than you did to become successful. You must work hard.
A lot of people say it is wrong to work hard but that one should work smart. Many do not understand what this means so I will attempt and explanation. Working smart does not mean less work. It simply means strategic hard work. Why do you think managers learn strategic planning? To cut a tree with an axe or chain saw are both hard work. The difference is that the former appears thoughtless while the latter appears thoughtful. Someone who got tired of taking too long to cut a tree with an axe must have sat down to think of an improvement. It takes thought to craft a strategy and thinking is also hard work.
Hardwork should be embellished with strategy. It is pointless working hard without applying thought. It is akin to expending energy without motion. The basic thing here is to not just want success but to embrace the recipe for success which is hard work. It is not a coincidence that luck smiles mostly on hard working people. They are better prepared. Luck has been defined as preparation that meets opportunity. If you do nothing and hope to be successful you will only get the things those who work hard left over.
A word is enough for the wise.
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