>Effort is not accomplishment. If you repeat the same lesson a hundred times over, you’ll be left behind on the path to insight by the person who advances throu

>Effort is not accomplishment. If you repeat the same lesson a hundred times over, you’ll be left behind on the path to insight by the person who advances through a hundred different lessons. On the flip side, why should anyone celebrate "Creativity, insights, breakthroughs, rebellions"? And why are those assumed to be something that have some inherent value? Why should I care if the cereal box has a new fancy design, or if somebody changedthe colour of a button from khaki to lemonchifon? The arduous task of assigning "value" to what we do is itself fraught with centuries old philosophical dilemmas that nobody has been able to settle. You gain nothing by belittling 'effort'. It is far easier to perform a popular song on your guitar or whatever, that it is to write/perform a violin sonata. The person who plays the violin had to do repetitive boring practice for years and years before they got even half good to play in an orchestra. Boring repetitive work has 'value' too. Also, atleast in science, you don't get to insight without the boring work. We have technicians in our lab who run gels/assays/tests day-in day-out. Their work is not "creative" by peoples standards, but its actually very critical work that allows scientists to experiment with various processes and ideas and _derive_ insights from the drudge work. It is important to celebrate the technicians effort, even if they weren't the ones who created the insight.