Is Hard Work Enough to Succeed, or Do You Simply Need the Right Opportunities?

[MusaPk]

Well said. There's no universal formula for success and everyone has their own path to get there.

The point isn't whether you should work hard or smart. Instead, know who you are, where you stand, what your advantages are and what you are lacking. Then make the most of what you have, work on your weak point and find a path that actually fit you.

Success is journey, not destination, and we all have to figure out our own formula. Don't just copy what other do because we are all different, and what work for them may not work for us.

There are people who got success because of hard work while there are also people who got success because of smart approach. Just like in college, we have students that are intelligent and they got good grades because of their intelligence and smart approach. Our end goal is to get success and for that we must work hard if we don't have a smart strategy or approach towards the work. It's in our interest to finalise the strategy as early as possible because that is essential to achieve our goals.

[Findingnemo]

Is it possible work hard and not be successful?

Yes. working hard alone doesn't make you financially successful, it might help you with the survival but if you need to achieve financial independance then you need to work for on the right cause like if you work for someone then you will not make much progress but if you run your own business on the same field with the knowledge that you acquired over the years then it will be a good one for you but when you do that there are many other challenges that you need to conquer as well.

[Unknown Op]

What I can say is that hard work can put food on your table but it is not enough to make you rich, to be rich you have to think beyond working hard because if you think smart and take advantage of the right opportunities you can earn in hours what your hard work cannot earn in one year. Many successful people don't struggle to make money with their physical strength, they find ways to own a business and let others do the hard work while they direct and manage the workers, if the business grows they will delegate management to qualified people and direct them. If you continue to depend on what your manual hardwork can pay you then it would be difficult for you to succeed beyond what your strength can carry but with smart strategies on how to make multiplied income you would think of how to partner and hire others so that you can generate more income than what you alone can work to achieve, that is how wealth is built.

I agree with your opinion that hard work has limited benefits especially since it is directly related to the number of hours one can work in a day.
Working hard can increase income but there is a fixed number of hours in a day. This is their skills networking on a ship, and also the ability to recognise the available opportunities around us plays an important role. Another thing is we cannot say that these successful people let other people do hard work for them at the start; they do a lot of hard work they still carry race can responsibilities of running a business. Selling their time and energy, they sell their valuable assets and build systems. Hard work helps to build a business through experience, skills and smart decisions help to use those skills efficiently and also to create more opportunities in order to grow.

[Bigjoe33]

Is it possible work hard and not be successful?

Yes. working hard alone doesn't make you financially successful, it might help you with the survival but if you need to achieve financial independance then you need to work for on the right cause like if you work for someone then you will not make much progress but if you run your own business on the same field with the knowledge that you acquired over the years then it will be a good one for you but when you do that there are many other challenges that you need to conquer as well.

And that is why 'Hard work' had been replaced with 'smart work'. The better way now is that people work smart and not die working hard without total emancipation from poverty. Literally, hard work connotes giving in your much strength, energy and time into a work inorder to grow financially. While smart work may not require your much physical effort, but you can work from home or applying modern knowledge to pave way financially. In all, you may possess all these qualities but have no opportunity to the right information to explode into your financial breakthrough. Therefore, you need to work hard, that is working smart, and added with the opportunity, and you are goof to go. You really need the two

[DanWalker]

And that is why 'Hard work' had been replaced with 'smart work'. The better way now is that people work smart and not die working hard without total emancipation from poverty. Literally, hard work connotes giving in your much strength, energy and time into a work inorder to grow financially. While smart work may not require your much physical effort, but you can work from home or applying modern knowledge to pave way financially. In all, you may possess all these qualities but have no opportunity to the right information to explode into your financial breakthrough. Therefore, you need to work hard, that is working smart, and added with the opportunity, and you are goof to go. You really need the two

Hard work and smart work are two different thing and they can't replace each other.
You can't succeed by just working hard without having the right approach, but you also won't get very far by working smart if you're not willing to put in the time and effort.

To succeed, you need both of those element plus many other. Hard work keep you moving forward, while smartwork keep you from wasting your time and effort on thing that don't work.

[Charcol]

Some people may achieve success with just intelligence without hard work. But hard work is definitely necessary to maintain that success. Again, it is difficult to say that we will definitely succeed if we work hard. Because if we work hard all our life in the wrong place, do not get good opportunities, do not get information, or are in an environment where it is very difficult to succeed, then hard work can take us one step closer to success. Even if we get an opportunity, many people do not succeed because they are not prepared to utilize that opportunity. Very few people succeed without working hard, who already have good opportunities, be it from family support or from the resources they have already acquired. But there is no alternative to hard work.

[POPOLUV]

These world is too big in such away that people make through in life basically because of their hard work and so many also make through opportunities or connections without putting more effort to succeed and if you can see properly you will understand these facts that keep saying on a daily basis, that all fingers are not actually equal and which to people destiny are quite different from each others but if on the process of working hard and a better opportunities comes your way to change your life totally, it will be good to embrace such success because hard work is a product or dream come true of every successful men

[Juicyhome]

What people hard is 6 to 6 work , in this modern world all you need is soft  and smart work, opportunity will come to those that that prepared for it, many people feel opportunity is grace that will find you even when you don't deserve it.

Wat you call right opportunity is result of hard training and long suffering from self development,  If you develop yourself well the right opportunity will always showcase,  you don't need  to over stress yourself to be able to be successful.

[Odusko]

Is it possible work hard and not be successful?

Yes. working hard alone doesn't make you financially successful, it might help you with the survival but if you need to achieve financial independance then you need to work for on the right cause like if you work for someone then you will not make much progress but if you run your own business on the same field with the knowledge that you acquired over the years then it will be a good one for you but when you do that there are many other challenges that you need to conquer as well.

Smart work plus hard work make you stay ahead of others, what make you different from your colleagues in same field is the extra time you are ready to give into your job, meaning where others stopped you fo a bit higher to stay an edge above the average, I have seen some labourer in my environment who works morning till night hard labour job but yet they are still very poor, so hard work alone can't make a person rich or successful you must add smartness advancement to it.
Luck don't make you rich either, because you may make money by luck but to sustain the money have to come from your financial smartness and skills.

[Unknown Op]

You need to understand that it is not every business persons are creative to figure what basics that should bring them success.
Take a consideration of someone who has the capital to install a business in a particular location but did not do survey to figure what kind of business that may be good in the location. Definitely such businesses collapses because you think the establishment of profitable business is just about the capital but neglects the importance of knowing nature of services the people in that area needs.

Someone else out there with a little amount of capital who had considered the basic factors about being successful in their investment can be successful than someone with huge capital who don't consider the factors such as location, products or service offers and as well creating marketing skills with good with customers or public.

Hard work in the other hand can simply mean the ability and consistent in your career.
So even if you are smart, you will still be required to put efforts with hardwork of how you can be successful. Of course some hardwork can also be flexible which may require you to invest so much of your mental abilities that would bring solutions to your needs.
Hardwork does not really mean the body stress neither does smart work mean stress free.
Though you can still work hard and remain unsuccessful but being smart and hardworking is just the ticket to your success.

Understanding the market is way more important than just having capital and that is not a guarantee of success but I don't say that being smart and working hard is enough to get the ticket to be successful. Sometimes there are factors that are outside control of person, like strong competition, changing customer behaviour and economic downturns, so people who really study the market hard, work consistently and also try to make sensible decisions still fail. The basic problem here is the failure of their business model that does not survive in the changing environment. Similarly, hard work and smart work are not different from each other. A person who works very hard in the wrong direction, while there is a person who is working smart they saves several months. Main thing is that person should know when to work hard and when to stop, when they have to change the strategy or when they have to try something different.

[MusaPk]

Smart work plus hard work make you stay ahead of others, what make you different from your colleagues in same field is the extra time you are ready to give into your job, meaning where others stopped you fo a bit higher to stay an edge above the average, I have seen some labourer in my environment who works morning till night hard labour job but yet they are still very poor, so hard work alone can't make a person rich or successful you must add smartness advancement to it.
Luck don't make you rich either, because you may make money by luck but to sustain the money have to come from your financial smartness and skills.

In today's world smart work is the demand, just working hard will not give you desired results. If working hard is the key to success then labours working from morning till night are the most successful people of this world. You have to be smart and stay alert in order to avail all the opportunities in your path. These opportunities will lead you towards a successful life. Your skills and talents can be really helpful in this regard. Just hard work can give you a steady growth and results but if you want to be successful you have to think out of the box.

[ASloveapg]

Smart work plus hard work make you stay ahead of others, what make you different from your colleagues in same field is the extra time you are ready to give into your job, meaning where others stopped you fo a bit higher to stay an edge above the average, I have seen some labourer in my environment who works morning till night hard labour job but yet they are still very poor, so hard work alone can't make a person rich or successful you must add smartness advancement to it.
Luck don't make you rich either, because you may make money by luck but to sustain the money have to come from your financial smartness and skills.

In today's world smart work is the demand, just working hard will not give you desired results. If working hard is the key to success then labours working from morning till night are the most successful people of this world. You have to be smart and stay alert in order to avail all the opportunities in your path. These opportunities will lead you towards a successful life. Your skills and talents can be really helpful in this regard. Just hard work can give you a steady growth and results but if you want to be successful you have to think out of the box.

Smart work and hard work are not the same. I have solved many complex things virtually through research using my skills, not physically, but this work of mine is also a work, and its value can be much more than physical work. If I just do physical work without thinking about anything, it will never be a suitable result. Rather, there should be something in my work that gives me something big.

A worker works physically all day, but on the other hand, a manager sits in an AC room and researches through his skills and finds a solution to a problem for his company, but at the end of the day, there will be a huge difference between them. And so it is necessary to be hardworking but in the right place, work hard to create something big for yourself, work hard in your business, when you are working as a worker, you are basically working to make your boss rich, not yourself, but when you work in your own business, it will be a harvest for your own future.

[Rabata]

These world is too big in such away that people make through in life basically because of their hard work and so many also make through opportunities or connections without putting more effort to succeed and if you can see properly you will understand these facts that keep saying on a daily basis, that all fingers are not actually equal and which to people destiny are quite different from each others but if on the process of working hard and a better opportunities comes your way to change your life totally, it will be good to embrace such success because hard work is a product or dream come true of every successful men

Hard work not only moves people forward, but also prepares them to seize good opportunities when they arise. Many times, even after two people have put in the same amount of effort, one gets the opportunity first because his contacts, timing, personality, and circumstances were a little better. But getting an opportunity and holding that opportunity are not the same thing. Suppose, someone gets a good job through an acquaintance, but if he doesn't know the job or doesn't perform his duties properly, that opportunity won't last long. On the other hand, someone who starts a small business and works patiently for years may find a buyer or partner who can change the momentum of his business. So there is no need to underestimate luck or opportunity, but for the opportunity to be useful, one needs to take one's skills, patience, and preparation very well. To me, success is a combination of hard work and opportunity at the right time.

[HyperCodexV]

Everyone success wouldn't come from the same angle because we are different and from different backgrounds. Hard work is a hobby to some people, they put much effort in whatever they're doing and bring out the best in them. Such people when their opportunities come around, they'll eventually, take advantage of it and become successful.

Elders in my community used to say that, hardworking people are good people but not rich people, it is a said that those who work hard are those with heavenly heart so their rewards are in heaven but those who work smart and take further steps to seek out opportunities will always succeed and reap the fruit of their smart work. So generally you can work hard and still die working hard but when you put efforts to network and connect with others who have the tool to help you succeed, you will always find things easy.

[EluguHcman]

But even if you have financial intelligence, if you're lazy and lack connection, you will still have hard time becoming successful.

Success is combination of many factor, and each one has its own role. Financial intelligence can't replace hard work or connection and vice versa. There's no single factor that's more important than everything else, and no single factor can guarantee success.

Knowing how to put all these things together and use them at the right time is what really make the formula for success.

There is no doubt about how important the three are but financial intelligence and hard work is big enough to succeed without the connection because a lot of business that's generating millions today didn't have any connection on their establishing stages but the hard work and knowledge structures that was laid on the business made it to become successful, and that's the more reason I like business unlike some of the things that depends on having connection to get to were you want to, so actually the most powerful ability that shouldn't be neglected is the financial intelligence, physical and mental strength to manage anything you want to create.

Both of you opinions are accorded worth the discussion while the differences lies in the margin of the conenction quality as part of the factors that could yield success in either business or investment affairs.

If I have to come in between, I can actually say both of you are right but only from the views it can be favourable but the reality here is that it sometimes, things does not work out the way we plans it especially in the market sectors where there are competitors because at some points, your relationship (connection) with others could attract you partnerships and even clients (customers) which endeavors can add to your success.

Conenction maybe optional to grow in wealth where hard works and efficiency of financial intelligence is acknowledged.
Connection would act as a form of facilitating on the journey of becoming successful while in the other hand, relying on conenction could also make one lazy because some who did not work it out hard won't value the opportunity.
So therefore, one can actually be successful without the reliance on connections.

[Audrey Simmons]

In today's world smart work is the demand, just working hard will not give you desired results. If working hard is the key to success then labours working from morning till night are the most successful people of this world. You have to be smart and stay alert in order to avail all the opportunities in your path. These opportunities will lead you towards a successful life. Your skills and talents can be really helpful in this regard. Just hard work can give you a steady growth and results but if you want to be successful you have to think out of the box.

Smart work overrides hardwork in all aspect as that's the foundation of a successful career, one does not build empires with just hardwork. A dream that will be achieved in five years with hardwork could take 2 years to accomplish, it should be a basic business principle that most entrepreneurs should initiate.

Hardwork opens up opportunity but smart work secures that opportunity, both of them are dependent on each other with same importance.

[Skydrill]

If you work smart, if you are very intelligent, if you are brilliant and know the right thing to do to become rich, you will still need to be diligent.

But the right word people use for the hard work when talking about this is diligence and not hard work.

The other two are opportunity and patience. All successful people have these characteristics.

In a situation where all of these factors that you outlined here has been adhered to or strictly applied by an individual all in a bid to succeed yet he isn't making any progress then there seems to be another critical factor that we all may be ignorant about because some may have experienced such trend during our quest for success in our various field of endeavors, now there is the environmental factor whose importance can not be overemphasized, no matter how diligent or smart and hard working you may be, sometimes all you need for your required breakthrough is a change of environment, for example, both Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo were born in their countries respectively but it took both players a move abroad before the world could recognize their greatness, Ronaldo became known in England playing for Manchester united after leaving his boyhood club sporting Lisbon in Portugal, whereas Messi became known whilst playing for Barcelona after leaving Argentina at a very tender age.

[free-bit.co.in]

In today's world smart work is the demand, just working hard will not give you desired results. If working hard is the key to success then labours working from morning till night are the most successful people of this world. You have to be smart and stay alert in order to avail all the opportunities in your path. These opportunities will lead you towards a successful life. Your skills and talents can be really helpful in this regard. Just hard work can give you a steady growth and results but if you want to be successful you have to think out of the box.

Honestly smart works always been the demand in any world, not just the one we are living in now.

Hard work is not the key to success, and neither is working smart. You will not get very far by being smart if you're too lazy to put it to use. Any good plan or idea means nothing if you don't actually turn it into action.

The real key is combining both, because they work together. One can't really replace the other.

[Adiljutt156]

It's easier for anyone to get successful in life at thendn through connections, privileges/opportunities, and by being born into an established wealthy lineage, than you could ever do getting rich through just being hard working.

What and where hard work could take you 10 years and more to achieve, connection and privilege could get there in less than a year. Am not discouraging people from diligently working hard but am only making an expression of reality as it is today in our society. Because I have seen people's life got changed in split minutes through referrals than being just a hardworking Joe.

We cannot say that hard work is almost irrelevant. It is true that having a good family background, connections and privileges all help you create shortcuts, but hard work alone is not enough it is not possible to achieve success through only hard work. It is true that connections can help you open doors for you but that does not guarantee that someone will be successful or will stay successful once the door is open. There are factors like consistency, discipline, skills and also the ability to change yourself and to deliver results these still matter the most. In order to create a good reputation, A person should have all of these factors and it will attract better opportunities and eventually also make more and valuable connections. This is not the product of only one factor. Having privileges can accelerate the journey but hard work help you to sustain it.

[NewRevelation]

Everyone success wouldn't come from the same angle because we are different and from different backgrounds. Hard work is a hobby to some people, they put much effort in whatever they're doing and bring out the best in them. Such people when their opportunities come around, they'll eventually, take advantage of it and become successful.

Elders in my community used to say that, hardworking people are good people but not rich people, it is a said that those who work hard are those with heavenly heart so their rewards are in heaven but those who work smart and take further steps to seek out opportunities will always succeed and reap the fruit of their smart work. So generally you can work hard and still die working hard but when you put efforts to network and connect with others who have the tool to help you succeed, you will always find things easy.

Hard work is cool, smart work is important, and the right opportunity is also needed to make you grow or connect faster.

Your level of head work reveals your level of strength and how far you can carry on. Your smart work shows how well you can upgrade and do better for your self. Now, the right opportunity helps you to connect faster, grow instantly and adds to your previous both qualities.

So we can't argue that it's just hard work, or smart work all alone. Perhaps, due to technological advancements, it's wise that people upgrade there knowledge and also impact it there businesses or therw day to day living. The world is advancing, ams only hard work may not save you. Go get an upgrade, work smart, and seek good opportunities.