This also reminds many people that teachers in schools often tell a truth: hard work will pay off. But in fact, people who have entered the society have long expressed their doubts about this sentence through countless experiences. Will hard work really pay off? Will you succeed if you work hard? Not necessarily, at least it's not that simple.
First, the direction determines the value of efforts, such as making money. If you don't go to work honestly, but think about how to steal the battery car and sell it, then even if you try harder, it will only be a few years in prison. Another example is a relationship. Many times, it is not men who are kind to women who will win good feelings. Whether she likes you or not depends on personal charm, appearance, social status, economic conditions and other factors. The more naive girls are influenced by the former factor, the more realistic girls are closer to the latter condition. So you will see that love at first sight is often an emotional story of a little girl, and when a woman is old, she will be particularly stuck in economic strength when looking for a partner.
Judging from these examples, can you say that they don't work hard? Try hard, but in the wrong direction, it becomes useless. When we were young, we also heard stories in the opposite direction. If we can't find the right track, it will only make our success farther and farther.
Second, opportunities determine the success or failure of efforts, which is reflected in the entrepreneurial process of many well-known enterprises, such as the rise of Tencent. When Penguin users surged and the server operation was difficult to maintain, Ma must have tried countless ways to save the company. But I still have no choice but to turn. It may also be the turn of the times. The sudden huge capital injection from South African companies brought Tencent back to life and eventually made it a business empire. At this time, you will see that in do or die, it is often not hard work or personal behavior that matters. It is an unpredictable factor such as opportunity and luck. Therefore, there is always someone shouting that sentence at all times and in all countries: Man proposes, God disposes.
Third, you have to work hard to win the game. What is deep effort? Generally speaking, a group of us work hard, but I work harder than others. This is an era of competition. Everyone knows that if you don't work hard, you will be eliminated, so everyone is desperately climbing up. What makes you stand out? Only by working harder and doing better than others can competitiveness be reflected. Whether you are looking for a job, competing for a position in a company, or even in the marriage and love market, you follow the principle of survival of the fittest. Only if you work harder than others can your efforts be rewarded.
Fourth, methods make efforts easier. Edison famously said that everyone has heard of 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration, but how many people know the latter? He emphasized that the inspiration of 1% is the most important, so hard work is a necessary prerequisite for getting rewards, and a good plan will make this process more effective. When you don't find the right way to work hard, it will make your work have little effect and greatly dampen your enthusiasm. Therefore, when people praise the foolish old man, they only praise this indomitable spirit, and it is by no means their behavior of moving mountains manually.
Therefore, efforts are by no means a single-dimensional word. Only when we are on the right track at all levels can we get the rewards in our dreams.