Lots of unsuccessful people work very very hard as well. The trick is not to just work "smart" or to just work "hard" but to work both "smart" AND "hard". If

Lots of unsuccessful people work very very hard as well. The trick is not to just work "smart" or to just work "hard" but to work both "smart" AND "hard". If you observe highly effective successful people, you'll see they work smart and work hard. Can you develop a work ethic? Of course you can. Human behavior is very malleable. The military makes many lazy people into hard workers. For others, perhaps all you need is a really desirable goal that overshadows everything else in your life. I doubt there is a magic bullet, single solution. As with so many things, different routes or different techniques are probably more suitable for different people.