Hard work pays off - Agree or Disagree?

[sabar]

Of course it does. For one, if you don't work hard you'll drop out of school and be unemployed for eternity. Even dead-end jobs don't fall into people's laps. If you don't need to work hard to get an education then you should be smart enough to go to college and do anything you want anyways.

Work hard or work smart. Being dumb and lazy is a good recipe for failure.

[Jacob1983]

The reason why I brought this question up in the first place was because I had that saying embedded in my head like a million times when I was younger especially in high school. I had so many teachers tell me that hard work pays. My parents also are firm believers in the saying. I believe that I did work pretty hard to get my college degree. I know that I don't have a fancy job or decent paying job but I have a job. Having a job is better than not having a job. But back to college, I would say I worked myself to death to get that degree. A lot of people would have given up in my situation. It took 3 colleges, borrowing 50K to pay for it, and 5 and a half years to finish but I did it. I will admit that there will numerous times when I wanted to pussy out and quit but I didn't. And one of my resolutions for 2010 is to get a better job. I have been applying to numerous jobs every week. I just want to finally get the rewards of all of this hard work. I just want to get a decent paying job. I want the job to give me purpose and satisfaction too. I know a lot of people only want jobs that pay a lot and could care if it gives them purpose and/satisfaction. Not me. I will admit that I'm human so I do care about the money but the purpose and satisfaction aspects are more important to me.

[MannyIsGod]

Of course hard work pays off. Doing nothing certainly doesn't pay off. I think what you meant to ask was why didn't my hard work give me everything that I wanted. I believe the answer I'm looking for is life isn't fair. That doesn't mean that you won't drown if you don't try to swim, though.

[Nbadan]

Hardworking people are reliable and as a boss you want reliable people...it also builds character since it is respected in our society....people respect you because you are a hard worker...your more likely to climb the career ladder faster and have a positive at ude toward work....it's not good to slack at any job because reputation follows you around....looking for a job? ...seek Alumni at your school and see if they have any career positions opennings in their companies..

[Nbadan]

Of course hard work pays off. Doing nothing certainly doesn't pay off. I think what you meant to ask was why didn't my hard work give me everything that I wanted. I believe the answer I'm looking for is life isn't fair. That doesn't mean that you won't drown if you don't try to swim, though.

There are likely many recent college grads feeling the pinch....it really is the early bird gets the worm though...job seeking sucks...if you want to show an employer that your serious though, get up at 5:30, start knocking on doors, network, or take a temp position and build your rep...

[TDMVPDPOY]

hard work does pays off, but then you still need to be given the opportunity to show what you can do...it all comes down to luck, right place at the right time, or unless ur lucky the recruiters will come to you instead of you coming to them sending numerous cvs...

[polandprzem]

it depends how you look at it.

IMO it does not pay off in many many situations.
There is one aspect of my life where I worked almost all my life, hard as anybody and i got hardly any profit of that. And I'm not talking money.

many people that are sucesfull says it was because of hard work. Haha GMAB - they just want to make their value even higher.

As for the job - there much more lazier people then me which can do much less then me and do not give a damn about work or job and earning much more money.

It all depends on situation and perspective and how every people look at it.
There is no YES / NO answer to that question.

[symple19]

Hard Work doesn't usually pay off, but good contacts do

[exstatic]

I was having a discussion with one of my co-workers the other day about this and we were talking about how that hard work doesn't pay off in life. We also agreed that to get ahead in life, you have to have connections, wealth, and/or luck. Does hard work really pay off in life? And how about giving your best effort all the time? Does that really mean anything? Just look at American politics. People always say bull like "if you really work hard and do your best, you could wind up as governor or president". In reality, you probably won't unless you come from a family of wealth and/or have connections. Look at the history of presidents in America. How many of them were average joes?

God, you're a bitter . Oh, yeah, Mavs fan. I forgot.

The trick is to work hard for yourself. I never GAF about my company. I've learned that lesson. They just pay the bills. I think about what I want and where I want to be in five years. That may very well be at another company, or at my own company. You have to keep your job in the meantime, though. You'll probably want some raises and promotions, too.

BTW, that's a stupid conversation to have with a co-worker in bad economic times. People will sell you out to the boss for little more than a pat on the head. Have that convo with non-co-workers, with your friends at the bar.

[fraga]

Half is hard work...and the other half is definitely WHO you know...making sure you don't burn bridges...and keeping good connections will definitely help you get into places you might not normally be able to...how do I know this...because I am living proof...I'm good at what I do...but because of the people I know...and who they know...I've been able to pull of some awesome positions with some amazing pay...

[spursncowboys]

Work smarter, not harder is my motto.

Scrooge McDuck was the best inspiration ever. Although there has to be a demand in whatever the you are working on/at.

[exstatic]

Half is hard work...and the other half is definitely WHO you know...making sure you don't burn bridges...and keeping good connections will definitely help you get into places you might not normally be able to...how do I know this...because I am living proof...I'm good at what I do...but because of the people I know...and who they know...I've been able to pull of some awesome positions with some amazing pay...

Oh, yeah, you have to network, but it isn't like you're born into those connections. You make them as you go along. Another reason to work hard for yourself, and not be one of the ers/complainers. Others are watching, the peeps that can become your network. Supervisors, co-workers, clients.

[lil'mo]

Pay your dues son. You're 26 and you think you should have a meaningful and lucrative job already? Who are you? Ashbeigh?

You haven't done yet and chances are, this "hard work' you say you've put in is probably nothing in comparison to "hard work" that actual successful people have put in.

So, in other words, shut the up.

[The Reckoning]

work harder

[Bukefal]

Overall yes, working hard definitely pays off.

[Jacob1983]

I think one of the main problems I have is that I didn't realize that the world was a ty place and that not everyone is a good/nice person until I got out of high school. That's how naive I was when I was younger. I use to honestly think that the world was a good place and that everyone was a good person at heart. As I got out of high school, I realized that the world is an evil place. I also realized that not everyone is a good person. A majority of people on Earth and especially in America are only care about the dollar bill and themselves. I wasn't always a complainer/crying . I try not to let my job get to me because it's retail. I shouldn't let a retail job stress me out and make me such a basket-case but I'm a weak person and let it do that to me. I also was betrayed and burned by a lot of people in my past so it's kind of made me a little paranoid and hostile toward people. I'm the type of person that believes that people will do whatever it takes to get to the top in life and if that means stabbing someone in the back or screwing someone over, they will do it.

[Kori Ellis]

I don't get the point of you posting basically the same thing in two different threads. So I'll just close this one, and everyone can use the other one.