Just hard work doesn't guarantee wealth anymore.

[mirakal]

Hard work gets you there for sure, but it's no longer enough, ownership is the wealth engine!

Just hard work "almost" never pays out... before, now, and in the future. If you wish to succeed, you need to have "some brains", and a bit (or a lot) of luck. All big stories have some lucky circumstances, and without some luck, even hard work and a lot of skills will not get you far.

So basically, it's all about a good mix of skills, hard work, luck, and some other things for sure. Of course, constant trying and pushing what you believe in despite hard times & bad results... and maybe you will succeed, or not.

Hard work is just part of it, and should be complemented with smart work. Constant hard work plus smart work will eventually get you there. However, aside from these, achieving wealth also requires a combination of strategic financial habits, calculated risk-taking, and a productive mindset. These are the critical factors that can guarantee accumulating significant wealth.

We don't just work for money, but we let our money works for us. This is the secret code for success and wealth accumulation. Hard work is still necessary, but accumulating wealth is rarely the result of hard work alone.

[blockman]

This is also a thing in my country and this is a real concern. Even if you work yourself for the whole entire day and only leaving few hours for rest, it won't be enough. Economy is unstable, day jobs are low wages even the minimum wagers are saying the same thing. With the cost of goods rising and inflation rate is a lot and for the last month it's 7.2% in my country. It's even more than the yield deposits platforms giving and so it's not even enough to defeat inflation with those earning opportunities that are low risk. We're hardworking people but the government lacks of comprehension understanding the real situation from the ground and people who are under the average threshold of living down to the poorest of the poor.

Hard work has never guaranteed wealth, even if you live in a country with a developed economy. Wealth is a combination of many factors, we cannot become wealthy simply by working tirelessly without strategic thinking, planning, and the application of technology...Or wealth will not come if we have the illusion that all we need is a good idea, a good plan, and the misuse of technology without hard work and effort.

In your case, the reason people have to work constantly but still can not make ends meet is largely due to the government. They failed to control inflation and neglected their own people.

It might not guarantee wealth but it's the beginning of it. Someone who's hard working would see a lot of things, lots of opportunities and lots of network. From there, he's turn that hard work into working smart with the resources and connections that they have which is the start of their journey into becoming wealthy. And everyone in our country is mad at our government for being corrupt, they're doing their best while they're still in the seat before they go away in the next 2 years because we'll have the national election by that time.

That's the problem and most likely the government also added problem as instead of finding on how to help they add more thru additional taxes and other government requirements, so even how hardworking you are chances is just to survive but in terms of having a comfortable life, you need to find ways to own business or to find something that will grow your assets/investments because just working on your day job won't help but just a survival to continue living.

Additional taxes and poor governance which results to higher inflation and increase of the consumed goods. The normal hard worker is still struggling on this and that's why left and right solutions are being done and side hustles just to make more money.

[Rengga Jati]

Hard work is just part of it, and should be complemented with smart work. Constant hard work plus smart work will eventually get you there. However, aside from these, achieving wealth also requires a combination of strategic financial habits, calculated risk-taking, and a productive mindset. These are the critical factors that can guarantee accumulating significant wealth.

Yeah, work hard, work smart, work effectively, and have a good balance.
Everything must be well balanced, because relying solely on hard work will drain more energy. But for now, there are many ways to make our work much more effective and efficient. That's why we must be smarter in doing and managing it. The work in our job description, or indeed in our business, must be manageable. Especially for our own business, without effective and smart enough management, this will ruin our efforts and money, of course.

Additional taxes and poor governance which results to higher inflation and increase of the consumed goods. The normal hard worker is still struggling on this and that's why left and right solutions are being done and side hustles just to make more money.

Sometimes, this is killing.
These various deductions even apply to low-level employees, both government employees and laborers, as well as small businesses. As for high-ranking officials? They can still sit back and relax comfortably. Big taxes are imposed, but unfortunately, too much of the tax revenue goes into the personal pockets of them and their entourages, which is what makes us increasingly burdened all the time.