Is Hard Work Massively Overrated?

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[gabemorales]

I love that he made the restaurant analogy. I remember coming to this exact realization while working as a cook as a teenager.

[jackdeaves]

I think there is a fundamental difference in that anyone can work hard, but not everyone is willing to be deeply uncomfortable and that’s what it takes to combat these challenging and rewarding endeavours.

Factory workers work exceptionally hard but there’s a difference between that and sitting down, having absolutely no idea what to do about something, and saying “I’m going to figure this out”.

Anyone can throw effort at something but being willing to be deeply uncomfortable and also being intentional with what you do I think is the key difference and barely anyone is willing to do that.

1 hour of deeply uncomfortable, focussed work > 8 hours of comfortable hard work

[cheeseman]

As a blue collar worker... I agree 100%!
But the other lesson in life that wasn't mentioned was, unfortunately, it's not what you know, it's (who) you know!
everyone who is successful will not admit this, but they had a connection, family, friends, or some government program that pushed them in because of quotas.

[rubenpartono]

If not having declared your major is being behind, then declaring the wrong major means you're double behind. Good luck y'all

[tjjordan]

A friend of mine was doing this new job at Walmart called OGP and it was a mess. No matter how hard he worked, it felt like the system he was following was just making it harder than it needed to be.

But over time, he found ways to make it easier and began to just make the changes from behind the scenes. When no one listened to him to follow what he had put together, he got fed up and transferred to a new position. Which took a good 2 to 3 months to happen.

A few weeks after he left, someone told him that she didn't realize how easy he made it when he was there and asked what he did to make the job just easier to deal with.

[Nathaniel.Spencer_Golf]

Things are on a infinite spectrum. I will extremely dumb it down because it’s infinitely more complex than what I’m about to say. You can have a person that is hard working and they get riches. Another hard worker will get paid middle of the road. Another hard worker will just barely be able to get by (poor). And everything in between. On the flip side, there are people who don’t work hard at all and get rich. Another non-hard worker will get paid middle of the road. Another non-hard worker will get paid minimal (poor). And everything in between. With that said, it’s just life’s /nature’s design. It’s neither fair or unfair. Nor deserving or undeserving. So with this guy life has just happened to work out for him that he doesn’t have to work as hard to be paid reasonably well for his liking. It’s nothing more than that. (Congrats that life has worked out for you to were you don’t have to feel over worked or stressed and make a living. Life doesn’t work like that for all people. For many they have made similar choices but because life has randomized spectrums, outcomes/effort levels vary. This is something he doesn’t understand otherwise he would not be saying what he is saying). The strange choices people have made in life has ultimately made human life work and is dependent on the diversity of jobs/roles people assume over there lifespan. If we were not diverse then life would not exist. Cheers.. P.S. I can understand what he is trying to say. It’s just more complex than what he is saying.

[PhiveIncognito]

Like Jim Rohn said. Work harder on yourself (build skills) than on your job. The market place pays you for what it thinks your labour is worth, not for how hard or long you work.

[HumanAki]

Alex Hormozi mentioned something similar. Picking the right boat > how hard you row.

[tegathemenace]

Hard work on the right thing matters.
If you're in the same industry with a friend and he tells you work hard.

Best believe if you don't and he does he is going miles ahead of you.

Trust me they're tons of people who have selected your project as well

If you're on track which I'm guessing you are, the key to finish this level is HARD WORK.

[DM_Curtis]

"It's good enough!" F'ckin-A! The American Way!

[PascalBachmann]

I agree that hard work is essential for success. However, I think it's important to work smart as well as hard. There are many ways to streamline your workflow and be more efficient. It's also important to take breaks and avoid overworking yourself.

[virgnthermostat]

Depends on the thing you are working on or for.

[Nielsssssss]

Regardless of what you do
To succeed in that field you must work hard
It’s your decision to pick what you do
Not a fault of Hardwork

[AlecioG]

I find it amusing that in half his shorts Chris looks either miserably tired, or stoned as heck. I guess those nootropics are some serious shit 😂

[stinger]

Working hard helps you win at what you do... I look at businesses owned by people who work hard and I can tell what businesses to stay away from. If the amount of work you're doing doesn't translate to a commensurate amount of money then that's a bad path in life.

[benjaminbradley]

Shout out to all the cooks and janitors. Please know that your contribution to society is massively valuable, and that you are underrated. Don't worry about not driving a Bentley, that won't make you happy and so that is what is overrated. Keep working hard ladies and gentlemen

[relic]

In the US Air Force there's a common saying, "Work smarter, not harder."

[scottsherman]

The expression has more to do with learning and efficiency

[vangoghsear]

Hard work is a pretty ambiguous notion. I've thought a lot about how many things it could mean. It's used very abstractly. It seems to generally mean what this guy defines it as. You work fast and efficiently. But it has little to nothing to do with industriousness it seems.
You can meet and work with people who really bust their ass at a blue collar job but then go home and lay about drinking beer for the rest of the night.
Could hard work also refer to how much time you put into thinking and planning what you want to do with your life as this guy was discussing? It can mean many things imo.

[howardsonscementproductsin]

Well sir, you don't have to worry about that one bit ! I own a business and I can't find one single soul who wants to do ANYTHING remotely resembling work. Playing video games in Mom's basement... at 30 ! Is about the limit nowadays...