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Why success is really more luck than hard work
- DrScump 11y ago“You want to know who works hard? Our Filipino helper who spends 2 years away from her family in a foreign land and in these two years spends almost every waking hour working. That’s someone who works hard”. Among several distasteful elements of this article, this was one of the more striking. I'm glad that kind of workplace is illegal in the U.S.
- smt88 11y ago> I'm glad that's illegal in the U.S. Which part of it do you think is illegal? That would be totally legal in the US as long as the helper immigrated legally. In the case of undocumented immigrants, the US relies heavily on them (sometimes paid, sometimes literally enslaved). Restaurants, agricultural products, cleaning, and child care would be radically more expensive for everyone if undocumented immigrants didn't work long hours doing those jobs for what is often less than minimum wage.
- DrScump 11y agoWhich part of it do you think is illegal? "Spending almost every waking hour working". There are limits on shift length, minimum required breaks, etc. even for domestics.
- smt88 11y agoThat's only true if the worker is someone's employee. If they're contractors or subcontractors, they don't have a shift length. Either way, there's a vast gap between labor laws and reality in the US.
- DrScump 11y agoA domestic with no control of work location or hours is not a contractor (under U.S. labor codes, anyway).
- an_account 11y agoI think the key to success is "smart work". Luck won't make you successful, nor will working hard for the sake of working hard.
- weddpros 11y agoYes, introducing intelligence into the equation is mandatory... Without it, you can't reach efficiency. I think success requires efficiency more than luck.