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Then shouldn’t the guys sweating their ass off doing construction get paid more than the architect who drew a picture of the house? Or the banker who pushed a button on his keyboard to give a construction loan? “Hard work” sounds great. It sounds fair. Work harder. Get more. That’s why rich geniuses like to say “hard work” is the key to their success. Because it sounds a hell of a lot better than: “I’m just smarter than you, and my father paid for private math tutoring while you were stuck picking boogers in daycare” Hard work helps. Certainly. But hard work alone doesn’t equal success. So what else does it take? If you open Instagram or Pinterest, you’ll see a flood of inspirational posts about the “keys” to success – “passion”, “hard work”, “discipline”, “determination” Yo… how many god damn keys are there? I need a janitor’s keychain to hold all these things… The best advice I’ve gotten on this is from my personal trainer. I was asking him about what I should do next in my career a

stop working so hard February 15, 2025 stop working so hard “Hard work is the key to success” Is it? Then shouldn’t the guys sweating their ass off doing construction get paid more than the architect who drew a picture of the house? Or the banker who pushed a button on his keyboard to give a construction loan? “Hard work” sounds great. It sounds fair. Work harder. Get more. That’s why rich geniuses like to say “hard work” is the key to their success. Because it sounds a hell of a lot better than: “I’m just smarter than you, and my father paid for private math tutoring while you were stuck pick

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