Just hard work doesn't guarantee wealth anymore.

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Hard work isn't the only foundation for wealth building and building wealth is never easy.Many people work so hard but still achieve little.There're different levels to hardwork, and if you're not in the right direction and you're not executing with precision and strategy, you'd end up wasting so much time on the wrong things.

It's by grace that people are making it though a little work where done, there are successful people today who are not even hard working while there are also people who work very hard but still struggle to feed maybe they weren't in the right direction. Building wealth required finance and determination also good financial management. Most people who are wealthy today started small and they directed there hard works in the part that will lead them to success.

I don't like the expression when people says grace. That word doesn't exist anywhere, it's a term we have fabricated and used wrongly because we think grace actually work but it doesn't work. When a man is prepared and luckily for them there preparation met with what they have been working for all those while and never came, then that's a happy moment for them. People that you think didn't do enough have done something before but you probably didn't see or because they never show it to you.

There are many people that are misled by this wrongly use word as grace. They see some wealthy people of been lucky but if you should do some background on some wealthy people, you will accept the good condition they are leaving because they have paid the price somewhere before they attained where they are at that money, not all of wealth people that we assume to had if easy have it that way, they habe sacrificed alot to get to that place.

[slapper]

Hard work isn't the only foundation for wealth building and building wealth is never easy.Many people work so hard but still achieve little.There're different levels to hardwork, and if you're not in the right direction and you're not executing with precision and strategy, you'd end up wasting so much time on the wrong things.

It's by grace that people are making it though a little work where done, there are successful people today who are not even hard working while there are also people who work very hard but still struggle to feed maybe they weren't in the right direction. Building wealth required finance and determination also good financial management. Most people who are wealthy today started small and they directed there hard works in the part that will lead them to success.

I don't like the expression when people says grace. That word doesn't exist anywhere, it's a term we have fabricated and used wrongly because we think grace actually work but it doesn't work. When a man is prepared and luckily for them there preparation met with what they have been working for all those while and never came, then that's a happy moment for them. People that you think didn't do enough have done something before but you probably didn't see or because they never show it to you.

There are many people that are misled by this wrongly use word as grace. They see some wealthy people of been lucky but if you should do some background on some wealthy people, you will accept the good condition they are leaving because they have paid the price somewhere before they attained where they are at that money, not all of wealth people that we assume to had if easy have it that way, they habe sacrificed alot to get to that place.

I was thinking for a minute before I replied. I wanted to be fair to what you're saying. I would say you're half right.

The misuse is real. Individuals do pray for grace or luck or blessing to not have to experience the discomfort of trying not hard enough. It is a cultural issue and it's deep. In particular, in communities where passivity is cloaked in the guise of faith. I can't justify that.

But you made a jump from "people misuse the word" to "the concept itself is fabricated" and those are two very different claims. Just because people apply a concept lazily, it doesn't cease to be a concept. Gravity didn't stop working because someone didn't understand physics.

[Yeesha]

It's not easy to build wealth anymore. There's a significant wealth transfer taking place especially in my country. Those close to the government continue to get richer. Earning money through hard work has always been difficult, but now it's harder than ever. If you don't have political connections, it becomes even more difficult. I don't think it's right to build wealth that way anyway. I'd rather earn less but make money fairly through my own hard work. That's better for me.

Only small number of people are fortunate to get rich through political connections, if an individual is not related to people of high esteem, it is very difficult to get into political world, it is only more relevant to the privilege people and not the less privileged people. Wanting to grow higher is a formation of excessive greed and it reflects selfishness. They are a lots of possible ways to earn money without involving in political systems. Especially now that the political structure is not steady and full of deceitful individuals. Hard work doesn't guarantee wealth but it guarantee success, because the ability to sustain your life is a success, the ability to put food on the table is success, and the ability to provide shelter is a success. If an individual doesn't work hard, it will become very difficult to fulfill their little requirements. Sustainability doesn't depend on being wealthy.

[2stout]

Hard work is still valued but the problem is that in corporate environments is that someone else is taking credit for your hard work while simultaneously assigning low ball value to your hard work.  They reap the maximum benefits of your hard work while you receive minimal value in return, esp if you have little to no connections.

[ndutndut]

Hard work isn't the only foundation for wealth building and building wealth is never easy.Many people work so hard but still achieve little.There're different levels to hardwork, and if you're not in the right direction and you're not executing with precision and strategy, you'd end up wasting so much time on the wrong things.

It's by grace that people are making it though a little work where done, there are successful people today who are not even hard working while there are also people who work very hard but still struggle to feed maybe they weren't in the right direction. Building wealth required finance and determination also good financial management. Most people who are wealthy today started small and they directed there hard works in the part that will lead them to success.

Hard work is definitely necessary, but we have to do this work not only hard but also smartly, we have to be more smart about these shortcuts on how to get more output with less effort. There are countless people who work hard every day, yet cannot become financially stable, while there are many who, despite working relatively less, go far due to the right decisions, right time, opportunity and financial knowledge. So, not only hard work, but also the right direction, patience, planning and financial management are also very important in success, hard work is one thing and working smartly is another.

Yes. Hard work must be accompanied by smart work to achieve success. Hard work alone isn't enough to build long term wealth in fact many people work extremely hard but still fail to build wealth. What differentiates those who become rich through hard work from those who simply work hard is smart work.

By smart work those who can build wealth even while sleeping can make money work for them and generate profits especially in the digital age. Furthermore, our time in a day is limited to only 24 hours. If you rely solely on hard work you're essentially just trading time for money. But combining the two will lead to the right direction for the future. For example, when building a business you're also building assets. So not only do you earn income but you're also indirectly building wealth from assets that generate income even while you sleep.

[DiMarxist]

Hard work is still valued but the problem is that in corporate environments is that someone else is taking credit for your hard work while simultaneously assigning low ball value to your hard work.  They reap the maximum benefits of your hard work while you receive minimal value in return, esp if you have little to no connections.

What you have to understand is that when it comes to a corporate environment were people work hard but get the low salary according to you, there is someone that is organizing them this is were Smart work comes to play. It's not all about hard work or working too much but such energies should be channeled into the right way and that is were the manager of companies comes to play in the office space. The the office space work is assigned so everyone in the office is working together for the archiving set out goals.

[eightdots]

Hard work is still valued but the problem is that in corporate environments is that someone else is taking credit for your hard work while simultaneously assigning low ball value to your hard work.  They reap the maximum benefits of your hard work while you receive minimal value in return, esp if you have little to no connections.

What you have to understand is that when it comes to a corporate environment were people work hard but get the low salary according to you, there is someone that is organizing them this is were Smart work comes to play. It's not all about hard work or working too much but such energies should be channeled into the right way and that is were the manager of companies comes to play in the office space. The the office space work is assigned so everyone in the office is working together for the archiving set out goals.

Sometimes working rationally is more valuable than working hard. And sometimes working hard can be more valuable. It depends on the type of work you do. In some situations you may need to work rationally, while in others you may need to work hard. By controlling the factors that determine this, you can work more efficiently.

Teamwork makes it easier to complete many tasks. It allows for the emergence of different ideas and provides more controlled progress by dividing the work. In a corporate environment, there are many preferred working methods depending on the situation, and their general aim is to maximize productivity.

[2stout]

Hard work is still valued but the problem is that in corporate environments is that someone else is taking credit for your hard work while simultaneously assigning low ball value to your hard work.  They reap the maximum benefits of your hard work while you receive minimal value in return, esp if you have little to no connections.

What you have to understand is that when it comes to a corporate environment were people work hard but get the low salary according to you, there is someone that is organizing them this is were Smart work comes to play. It's not all about hard work or working too much but such energies should be channeled into the right way and that is were the manager of companies comes to play in the office space. The the office space work is assigned so everyone in the office is working together for the archiving set out goals.

I'm not sure what it is I have to understand when I've been in corporate environments for quite a long time and have experience in all flavors from great to toxic.  There are more times than I can count that you have folks on the same team and they are not working together, which allows some to coast- esp if they are connected and others having to pick up the slack- this is not smart work and hard work again comes into play because someone has to work harder.  I have seen things get accomplished in spite of woefully incompetent managers but yet the manager gets the credit.  What you say is how it should go ideally but in the real world not as much.

[junder]

Only small number of people are fortunate to get rich through political connections, if an individual is not related to people of high esteem, it is very difficult to get into political world, it is only more relevant to the privilege people and not the less privileged people. Wanting to grow higher is a formation of excessive greed and it reflects selfishness. They are a lots of possible ways to earn money without involving in political systems. Especially now that the political structure is not steady and full of deceitful individuals. Hard work doesn't guarantee wealth but it guarantee success, because the ability to sustain your life is a success, the ability to put food on the table is success, and the ability to provide shelter is a success. If an individual doesn't work hard, it will become very difficult to fulfill their little requirements. Sustainability doesn't depend on being wealthy.

It's true what you said for someone who doesn't have connections with respected people it will be difficult to get into politics, even someone who has connections and can get in easily it doesn't guarantee they can be successful too, it can only be said that they have opportunities that can help them.
 
I once experienced a situation like this with the aim that I wanted to join a large water company and my parents happened to have an acquaintance who was already working there, so I took advantage of it but he asked me for some money, because it was a requirement in order to enter the company he worked for and my parents gave it a set amount but in the end he ran away and there was no news at all until now.

[pawanjain]

Hard work can earn us a good income for sure but only smart work can help us sustain that income.
If we are not able to sustain the income then all the hard work will go in vain.
So we need to be smart enough to invest our money into assets that gives us decent gains and make our money grow.

[Mr_Brilliant$]

Hard work is still valued but the problem is that in corporate environments is that someone else is taking credit for your hard work while simultaneously assigning low ball value to your hard work.  They reap the maximum benefits of your hard work while you receive minimal value in return, esp if you have little to no connections.

This is true, we’re currently in an era where brain work is more rewarded than just hard work…
Especially in the corporate space like you’ve said..  Outside just putting in hard work, things like knowing how to manage relationships and maintain good flow also pays..  Brain work, networking, and understanding how your system and environment works matters too, sometimes even more than just working hard alone..

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

Hard work can earn us a good income for sure but only smart work can help us sustain that income.
If we are not able to sustain the income then all the hard work will go in vain.
So we need to be smart enough to invest our money into assets that gives us decent gains and make our money grow.

No matter how big our income is, if we do not have the knowledge of financial management, and if we keep spending uncontrollably, then despite our large income, we will not have any financial progress. Due to the lack of proper financial management, many people cannot increase their wealth despite earning a good income, while some people, despite earning relatively little, gradually build a strong financial position by intelligently controlling their expenses and saving and investing. So the important thing here is to use money correctly and in the right place, only then can we use our income to create a good foundation for the future.

[Unknown Op]

A couple of decades ago, we lived by the saying; "hard work ensure success".
In recent times, that is however not the case, as the whole system is evolving.

One can consider working for more hours as hard work, consider that with the wages on display currently as in most cases wages don't match the level of work, and the drastic economic situations, expenses are sure outweighing incomes from wages.

Hard work can lead to productivity and productivity can lead to more income for owners, not workers, as workers may be compensated with just a little pay rise. This then leads to my point, wealth comes from ownership of assets; such as businesses, real estate and even stocks, and not necessarily by hard work, systems are changing, and ownership income is increasing.

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

Your point is valid that only hard work does not guarantee becoming rich and having wealth, we have seen that there are people including labourer  farmers who works 12 to 14 hours a day but still they are poor .
Economic success of a person is determined by his education, access to the opportunities, his family and financial background, his knowledge about managing his finances and definitely luck.

I would not say that if you are born poor you will stay poor for the rest of your life becoming rich is not almost impossible, a person can change his circumstances by developing his skills, by his persistent learning capabilities, entrepreneurship and hard work is important but it has to be combined with other factors like opportunities decision making it will give better and positive result not only effort alone can make us rich but we have to combine it with their factors.

[ZAINmalik75]

Hard work can earn us a good income for sure but only smart work can help us sustain that income.
If we are not able to sustain the income then all the hard work will go in vain.
So we need to be smart enough to invest our money into assets that gives us decent gains and make our money grow.

Hard work cannot earn us good income unless we are lucky to get the perfect employment opportunity, and even then, working hard will only make us a limited income because when you are employed, you basically get a salary and that's it, no matter how hard you work, that isn't going to increase, and if you believe working hard can get you promoted or anything, then you are wrong, because that's not how corporate industry works, and it's only the smart workers, as you said, that get the better opportunities in most cases, and hard workers only get more responsibilities in the same pay rate.

Besides, we are talking about wealth in this topic, and not making a good income through employment, and we know that no matter how much you are making from a job, that isn't going to make you wealthy. Wealth can only be made through businesses or investments, and to do any of these things, you need a good amount to start because small investments won't make you wealthy, maybe a small business can do that over time if it's run well and then expanded, but it's surely going to take a long time and a lot of efforts.

[Mr.leeemzy]

A couple of decades ago, we lived by the saying; "hard work ensure success".
In recent times, that is however not the case, as the whole system is evolving.

One can consider working for more hours as hard work, consider that with the wages on display currently as in most cases wages don't match the level of work, and the drastic economic situations, expenses are sure outweighing incomes from wages.

Hard work can lead to productivity and productivity can lead to more income for owners, not workers, as workers may be compensated with just a little pay rise. This then leads to my point, wealth comes from ownership of assets; such as businesses, real estate and even stocks, and not necessarily by hard work, systems are changing, and ownership income is increasing.

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

Hardwork does not guarantee wealth and success in recent time, there am some people that have been working hard for so many years yet those not succeed in becoming rich. Let take a senerio of what happened in my place of work, i am a borehole driller and am working with my brother which happened to be my boss so usually when working and we have issues with our drilling machine my brother who happened to be the brain behind the construction of the machine usually goes to the welders place with one of our colleague so unfortunately my brother was not around and we hard issues with the machine so I asked my other colleges that usually follows him to repair it to go and repair it but he said he doesn't know how our boss usually guide the repair process so I went there myself not to find out that the welder guy also doesn't understand the process too, they claim he will just keep commanding them of what to do till the repair is finish... So you see with this two working hard hand in hand with our boss they were not able to succeed and be able to learn anything.

[puloweh555]

Hard work can earn us a good income for sure but only smart work can help us sustain that income.
If we are not able to sustain the income then all the hard work will go in vain.
So we need to be smart enough to invest our money into assets that gives us decent gains and make our money grow.

I understand what you're saying we need to work both hard and smart. Hard work is essential in any job, as it builds a solid foundation for income. However, if you combine it with smart work you can maintain it and even grow it.

Many people work hard and earn high incomes but they still struggle to live comfortably or even go into debt because they don't have a system for maintaining and growing their money. But if you can work smart, you'll surely find ways to grow your money. If you just keep it in a savings account, inflation will eventually set in and you'll consider investing. The main goal of investing isn't just to make a profit, but to protect the value of your money from inflation creating long-term passive income and providing financial freedom in the future. So, while hard work is good smart work is also necessary to ensure that hard work isn't wasted.

[2stout]

Hard work is still valued but the problem is that in corporate environments is that someone else is taking credit for your hard work while simultaneously assigning low ball value to your hard work.  They reap the maximum benefits of your hard work while you receive minimal value in return, esp if you have little to no connections.

This is true, we’re currently in an era where brain work is more rewarded than just hard work…
Especially in the corporate space like you’ve said..  Outside just putting in hard work, things like knowing how to manage relationships and maintain good flow also pays..  Brain work, networking, and understanding how your system and environment works matters too, sometimes even more than just working hard alone..

When you say hard work, are you referring only to manual labor?  Because and actually, brain work is hard work too as there is a mental load and stress component involved, which can manifest itself physically, i.e, exhaustion and health issues.

[Jatiluhung]

Hard work is still valued but the problem is that in corporate environments is that someone else is taking credit for your hard work while simultaneously assigning low ball value to your hard work.  They reap the maximum benefits of your hard work while you receive minimal value in return, esp if you have little to no connections.

Hard work must also be accompanied by smart work. We shouldn’t just work hard at our day jobs. but we must also work hard beyond that, such as by taking on side jobs or similar opportunities. Because the hard work we do must also have a clear purpose, such as building our own business someday, or saving money to build larger investments. Because people who combine hard work with smart work usually view their current job merely as a stepping stone. Since they have already laid out plans to build their own business.

Delivering the best possible work to the company we work for is highly recommended. But working hard is different from that. Working hard goes beyond that it also involves striving to achieve results outside of one’s primary job.

[DiMarxist]

Hard work is still valued but the problem is that in corporate environments is that someone else is taking credit for your hard work while simultaneously assigning low ball value to your hard work.  They reap the maximum benefits of your hard work while you receive minimal value in return, esp if you have little to no connections.

What you have to understand is that when it comes to a corporate environment were people work hard but get the low salary according to you, there is someone that is organizing them this is were Smart work comes to play. It's not all about hard work or working too much but such energies should be channeled into the right way and that is were the manager of companies comes to play in the office space. The the office space work is assigned so everyone in the office is working together for the archiving set out goals.

Sometimes working rationally is more valuable than working hard. And sometimes working hard can be more valuable. It depends on the type of work you do. In some situations you may need to work rationally, while in others you may need to work hard. By controlling the factors that determine this, you can work more efficiently.

Teamwork makes it easier to complete many tasks. It allows for the emergence of different ideas and provides more controlled progress by dividing the work. In a corporate environment, there are many preferred working methods depending on the situation, and their general aim is to maximize productivity.

Whether you call it rational work or even team work the point am trying to point out is that, in official office setting the people who work the hardest are the employees which are given strainious tasks to do. All in the name of teamwork the difference between the one who owns a company and the workers just lies in one thing, and that is in organization the company owner organize the rest of the workers and they only do tasks that are given them from above. This is Smart work because it may look as if they are the once doing the harder work but in reality the person organizing them is the one doing the greater part of the job.

[HONDACD125]

Only small number of people are fortunate to get rich through political connections, if an individual is not related to people of high esteem, it is very difficult to get into political world, it is only more relevant to the privilege people and not the less privileged people. Wanting to grow higher is a formation of excessive greed and it reflects selfishness. They are a lots of possible ways to earn money without involving in political systems. Especially now that the political structure is not steady and full of deceitful individuals. Hard work doesn't guarantee wealth but it guarantee success, because the ability to sustain your life is a success, the ability to put food on the table is success, and the ability to provide shelter is a success. If an individual doesn't work hard, it will become very difficult to fulfill their little requirements. Sustainability doesn't depend on being wealthy.

Well, you are not wrong for saying that being wealthy is not necessarily important for one to have a good life, and it's true. Most people spend most of their lives running behind money and trying to make as much money as possible that they don't even get to enjoy any moment of their lives with their loved ones and that is truly unfortunate, but I wouldn't blame them for this, because the world has become a place where you can't do anything without money these days. People often say that happiness doesn't depend on having money, but I disagree, because most things that can make a person happy will require finances, so you basically need money to buy happiness in most occasions.

Let me give you an example. Imagine you have a daughter/son, who is going to become 10 or 12 years old in a month, and you really want to enjoy the birthday in the best way possible. I know, some people would say spending time together is everything, but it's not, imagine how happy the person would be if they get a gift that they have always wanted, and you can do that only if you have money. There are so many times and occassions in life where you could either be happier yourself or make someone happy if you had money. So money is definitely important, maybe not to stay alive, but to live a very good life.