Hard Labor/Hard work, opinion on differences?

[Chilwell]

There is different meaning between hard labor and hard work, this is I got after doing a little searching on Google. You work at office or other job from morning until evening and not stop for a break, that is a hard work. If you use physical work, that is hard labor. You use physical activity doing your job. But both still working hard as you use both you have, physical and mental activity. But maybe I am wrong explain this so I apologize.

Based on my own understanding, someone must be very hard working before they can be involved in this two categories, hard labour is working with your own body physically while hard work is a general term for anything that someone is doing to be successful. No matter what you do in this world you must definitely not lie down, that is why every success require hard work. Working in office or doing hard labour are all connected to hardworking because it aims towards one direction which is success.

Why are we running about if not because of our survivor, assuming all these things are there for us to take i don't take working hard will be necessary, but since we have to survive definitely we must put more efforts in all what we are doing which is all hard working.

[Unknown Op]

Hard labir and hard work are completely two different concept, hard work is purely physical it make your body exhausted it drain your physical energy in return for a certain amount of money in the form of paychecks. Where as working hard is related to our mental focus, our planning, the strategies we make it simply means that how we use our mind to solve certain problems or developed certain strategies to get particular output, you can do hard labor until and unless your body is not exhausted, but working hard help us to build our assets . Wealth comes from shifting labour to leverage.

[Obulis]

Without logical input someone might see both to means the same thing but both are different by purpose and results.

     Hard work can even be an intelligent efforts impacted by a CEO of multi billion dollars company but is not doing hard labor. A student taking their studies serious is hard work and the result is usually self development. Waking up early in the morning say 4:30 pm could be very hard work for allot of people to do and the purpose is to meet up.
      Hard labor the other way round is usually physical activities and some times very painful activity like some farming activities and other physical strength demanding jobs. Legally, people are usually sentenced to prison with hard labor which means physical stress.

Hard work is mind oriented aimed at self development/achieving goals while hard labor is muscle/ physical strength oriented which can be happening always.

[Finebone]

I was reading across this thread Just hard work doesn't guarantee wealth anymore., and reading through a few comments, I assume to see a slight of misunderstanding about the difference between HARD LABOR and HARD WORK.

I've got this feeling that doing hard labor doesn't mean working hard, wrong or right?

Edit: Hard labor explained as may not be understandable at first.

Both of them are completely a different thing.
Hard labour is more about doing physical work that drain you physically, which mostly causes fatigue on most occasions, but when talking about hard work or working hard, it's more about working relentlessly just to have a better future, believing that it's the best way to escape poverty, so they are two different things that should not be seen as the same.

[Abdulzuruku01]

Hard work has nothing to do with becoming rich. Hard work means your dedication or firm commitment to work where you are not a lazy person at work. To become rich, only work is not enough, along with work, you also have to focus on intellectual work. In reality, I often see that poor people are more hardworking than rich people. He is rich because he keeps himself busy with intellectual work, on the other hand, a poor person remains poor despite working hard, because he does not have to use his intelligence. The only difference between an ordinary farmer and an enterprising farmer is the 'intelligent' work. The farmer cultivates and sells in the market, on the other hand, the enterprising farmer cultivates and turns it into industrialization by applying his intelligence, from which he earns many times more money than an ordinary farmer. Same work, but different results.

Because of the risks that involve, for example, wealthy person that put huge money in a business, if there is any issues it actually can turn that rich person to zero. While hard working person didn't have any capital to invest, so both hard labor and hard work can't guaranteed rich, but in any case hard labour gives less stress and suffering.

Hard work because of the suffering with family responsibilities, paying taxes, limited access financial support all can not enable an individual that involve in the hard work to use his intelligence, for those reasons, it can make the individuals who are hard working remain in poverty.

[Synchronice]

I was reading across this thread Just hard work doesn't guarantee wealth anymore., and reading through a few comments, I assume to see a slight of misunderstanding about the difference between HARD LABOR and HARD WORK.

I've got this feeling that doing hard labor doesn't mean working hard, wrong or right?

Edit: Hard labor explained as may not be understandable at first.

Hard labor is the physically demanding job.
Hard work is the effort and the intensity you put into any task.

You can do hard labor like a hard work, i.e. you can work intensely on the physically demanding job. That way, you are doing a hard work in hard labor. But here is the thing. Hard work isn't in touch with hard labor, i.e. a the software developer can work incredibly hard on creating a new software but he doesn't do any hard labor in this case because he sits on chair and physically doesn't get exhausted (but mentally - does).

[icebar]

Hard labor pertains to a physical job that requires muscular endurance, subjectively, hard work is still done. But hard work in definition is any form of job or activity that is done with persistence and dedication, and is made intentionally for a specific goal or purpose.

Both are different but when analyzed deeply, there is always possibility that hard labor will contribute hard work, and when hard work and smart work are combined, a goal or target is being achieved in a more productive and profitable outcome.

Hard work helps people move forward, a person can work a lot, but if there is no proper plan and decision, then the value of that work is likely to decrease. To achieve real success, it is important to continue working intelligently with your hard work, maintain patience and consistency. It is necessary to move forward with your proper plan and make it a reality through hard work, from which your chances of success are created. To fulfill your goals, you have to do everything for yourself, improve yourself, because success does not come just by dreaming. To make that dream a reality, you have to keep trying and also learn regularly. A person can strengthen his future by making small improvements every day and some can move forward on the path to making his future easier.

[Minor Miner]

Hard labir and hard work are completely two different concept, hard work is purely physical it make your body exhausted it drain your physical energy in return for a certain amount of money in the form of paychecks. Where as working hard is related to our mental focus, our planning, the strategies we make it simply means that how we use our mind to solve certain problems or developed certain strategies to get particular output, you can do hard labor until and unless your body is not exhausted, but working hard help us to build our assets . Wealth comes from shifting labour to leverage.

When you do hard labor and dedicate most of your day to it, that is also called hard work. Hard labor is not simply a paid job or just exchanging physical effort for a fixed salary. When you work for yourself, build something of your own, and invest your time and effort into a long term goal. For example, farming, starting a small business, and traditional crafts...these are also hard labor. Hard labor can still absolutely lead to wealth if you know how to do it right. Do not look down on it.

When it comes to planning, strategy, using your brain, and dedicating a significant amount of time to the work. It is a combination of hard work and smart work.

[Zackz5000]

I was reading across this thread Just hard work doesn't guarantee wealth anymore., and reading through a few comments, I assume to see a slight of misunderstanding about the difference between HARD LABOR and HARD WORK.

I've got this feeling that doing hard labor doesn't mean working hard, wrong or right?

Edit: Hard labor explained as may not be understandable at first.

Both of them are completely a different thing.
Hard labour is more about doing physical work that drain you physically, which mostly causes fatigue on most occasions, but when talking about hard work or working hard, it's more about working relentlessly just to have a better future, believing that it's the best way to escape poverty, so they are two different things that should not be seen as the same.

Hard labourers aften earn less and they do most of the hard jobs of which they are supposed to earn high because of the kind of work they do, I have several of them around me i knew them when I was small they are hire for anything hard labour, like breaking stones, digging of holes breaking ground and carrying heavy loads etc and yet they are still poor at old age, sometimes too we don't need to work hard to better our future what we need sometimes is working smart.

[AmaGold70]

I was reading across this thread Just hard work doesn't guarantee wealth anymore., and reading through a few comments, I assume to see a slight of misunderstanding about the difference between HARD LABOR and HARD WORK.

I've got this feeling that doing hard labor doesn't mean working hard, wrong or right?

Edit: Hard labor explained as may not be understandable at first.

Well, that is truth. Working hard is entirely different from hard labour. Hard labour means when someone is subjected to doing tideous jobs, and requires more of your physical strength to execute a task, rather than using your intelligence. On the other side, hard working means using your skills, and mental intelligence to achieve success. However, someone who does hard labour can equally be hardworking in a way, and that is when the hard labour is being converted to something very significant, and meaningful. In life, some persons started life doing hard labour but later turned successful, and hardworking people, and this is for those who have goals, and objectives, and remained focused in life .

[free-bit.co.in]

sometimes too we don't need to work hard to better our future what we need sometimes is working smart.

Can you tell me the name of a billionaire, millionaire, or famously wealthy person who became rich without having to work hard?

Hard work does not guarantee success, but I would bet you will never succeed without it. That said, hard work alone is not enough, so you need a combination of hard work with smart work. And even with both, you are only improving your odds, not guaranteeing the outcome. Because success never comes easy.

[RumorCipher]

Hard labor makes your body sweat. Hard work can make your body, brain, and sometimes your bank account sweat too. So yes, hard labor is hard work, but hard work is not always hard labor. 

[Sammye3]

There is a purpose for every effort and I think the purpose of "working" is to make ends meet but that purpose could vary based on the principles guiding such hardwork. Hard labor obviously refers to physical labor to generate income and can also be categorized as "hardwork" too but it's more like an unprofessional job that requires little or no professional expertise.

Hardwork requires the dedication both mentality and physically to achieve a goal; but might not require strenuous obligations as opposed to hard labor.

[Cookdata]

I was reading across this thread Just hard work doesn't guarantee wealth anymore., and reading through a few comments, I assume to see a slight of misunderstanding about the difference between HARD LABOR and HARD WORK.

I've got this feeling that doing hard labor doesn't mean working hard, wrong or right?

Edit: Hard labor explained as may not be understandable at first.

There is no single way to make it in this life. There is someone out there enjoying his success and wealth because all he did was hard work from morning to till evening, if you should tell him or her that you don't need hard work or labor to make sweet life, they are going to disagree and similarly there are people that had it through soft life and will agree that hard work doesn't guarantee anything in life, as for me whichever work for you enjoy it but don't rub it on anyones face.

Some people had it soft but check very well, there is more to what is been shared. If you have it soft, that means another person has did the hard work for you. There is no where on earth where you can just wake up and have a soft life. If you are enjoying the privilege, then your parents or guardians most have done the hard part and if they didn't do it, their parents must have done it, you just happened to fall in the good side of history while the rest are still looking for way to break their hard part.

[serjent05]

I was reading across this thread Just hard work doesn't guarantee wealth anymore., and reading through a few comments, I assume to see a slight of misunderstanding about the difference between HARD LABOR and HARD WORK.

I've got this feeling that doing hard labor doesn't mean working hard, wrong or right?

Edit: Hard labor explained as may not be understandable at first.

Regardless of their meaning,  hard work is simply not a guarantee of wealth anymore.  There are lots of office employee that are hardworking, yet they are limited by their salary contract, thus, no matter how hard they work, they will always be bound by that contract.  On the contrary, hard labor if done smartly, can give wealth.  Hard labor done with leverage can outpace hard work if done solo.  And yes, hard labor does not mean working hard, though they are related.

[Agbamoni]

I've got this feeling that doing hard labor doesn't mean working hard, wrong or right?

Edit: Hard labor explained as may not be understandable at first.

My understanding of hard labor, it means work that requires 100% energy before getting a good result. They work that pays less but requires much effort. I may be wrong, but this is what I understand from hard labor. Hard work means putting more effort into what we do to achieve more or attain greater heights. With hard work, the result is not as usual; it is always better than the normal expectation.

[blockman]

Both can define the same meaning. If it's done in my country and receiving the minimum wage, that won't be enough to get wealthy. So that's the meaning that I am saying even if you work hard and you've been laboring so hard, you'll still end up with the same wage unless you're very skilled and you are in demand. That's how you get into the wealth building scenario when you are starting to work for yourself and you're getting more than the minimum salary that you're receiving. Although we all like to start with being a hard working person because it's part of getting the success.

[EarnOnVictor]

I was reading across this thread Just hard work doesn't guarantee wealth anymore., and reading through a few comments, I assume to see a slight of misunderstanding about the difference between HARD LABOR and HARD WORK.

These days, there are contemporary meaning to things, which were not there before, and before you know, that meaning could have been established because some important authors, for example, see it that way, and are able to establish some constructive facts with them. But the difference between a hard work and hard labour shouldn't be far-fetched, as their meanings are obvious. However, I don't see any of them to guarantee success, no "hard" could automatically get anyone there, though some could still get there under grace by doing the hard work. Yet, I prefer the introduction of smartness to the work to make it plausible, and possibly easy at the same time.

[Questat]

Hard labor and hard work are not the same thing. While hard labor means strenuous, draining physical job but hard work on the other hand is a value-driven effort to achieve a specific goal or purpose. However, having a hard labor requires hard work and perseverance for you to finish that kind of job, so hard work can help to sustain a hard labor but hard labor does not seem to make sense when mixed with hard work.

They are viewed differently, but one doing hard labor is most likely doing hard work in the essence.

[Hamza2424]

hard labor refers to physically demanding tasks so it may not be as worth it sometimes if the salary is low. for example, construction workers in my country are not compensated well. they work under the sun all day and with our rising heat index it’s simply not worth it.

They really work all day and their pay is very low. It is hard to see them like this, but their work is difficult and not for everyone. Labour is a form of work that involves physically demanding tasks that not everyone can do, which is why it is considered harder in that sense. However, those who are not in labour work but are doing other tasks like working in an office or doing white-collar jobs may earn more, and sometimes they also have to do hard work as well.

I have seen people doing labour work that is not necessarily hard for everyone, and not every labour job is hard either. That’s why we can’t make clear distinctions all the time about what is what. Anyway, it is mostly a confusion of words that can overlap with each other