Work hard they say, do not settle for less, put in your best and you will reap the fruit of your labour. If we are being honest with ourselves, is hard work truly the only key we need to succeed in life?
We often hear that hard work is the key to success. But is it enough on its own? What about luck, connections, or timing? Share your thoughts, do you believe hard work guarantees success, or are there other forces at play?
All our lives we have been told to do our best in everything we do, but nobody prepared us for the other factors that lead to success.
It pays to be hardworking, yeah? But adding other factors to your hard work will make you reach your goal faster.
One of those factors is access to the right information. Information is power. It’s okay to work hard but do you work smartly? Smart work helps get the work done where hard work can’t.
Having access to the right information will help reduce the number of sleepless nights and stress you face. It will help you solve problems faster and easier thereby making the road to success smoother, faster, and easier. Less burnouts, saves time and effort.
Another factor is having the right connection. Knowing the right people at the right time can contribute to you being successful without working “too hard”.
These people can connect you to numerous opportunities. They can advise, teach, and correct you thereby saving you the stress and energy from making common mistakes.
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Meeting these people and building meaningful relationships with them is of great importance. While you are at it, ensure your relationship with them is a symbiotic one. This is to help rule out every thought of you being parasitic.
People can do a lot for you but when you also create value for them your relationship with them is strengthened.
Furthermore, perseverance. It’s one thing to work hard but another thing to trust the process and continue. You can’t just decide you’ve worked hard enough and decide to lie back. Perseverance is also part of the formula, the more you persevere the closer you get to your goal.
Most importantly, it is essential to have an unflattering spirit, in other words being tenacious, stoic, and irrepressible will take you far in life. When you have such quality, you are unstoppable, as you will be able to bounce back again and again.
You would also be able to handle rejection and disappointments, as there is no success without setbacks, no one has it easy.
In a world of constant competition, only the strong-willed survives. Hardwork, the right connection, perseverance, and having an unflattering spirit will definitely lead to success faster than you can ever think or imagine.
Over to you guys: Do you believe hard work guarantees success, or are there other forces at play? I’ll love to read your thoughts in the comments.
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