We have physical machines that could do the (physical)work of thousands of people, in a much more efficient way. That is, a single person can lift, move, and m

We have physical machines that could do the (physical)work of thousands of people, in a much more efficient way. That is, a single person can lift, move, and manipulate tons. Recently we have machines(computers, electronics, AI) that could do mental the work of thousands of people. In a much more efficient way. This is happening right now. There are places in the world with incredible amounts of concentrated capital, like China (Shanghai,Shenzhen,HongKong), Silicon Valley, New York, Switzerland, Dubai and Singapore. If you try to compete with those just putting more hours and exhausting your body in manual labor(and not using machine tools and capital like they do) you are on the losing track. It worked for millions of years and is in our DNA. Like two males going to a fight for leadership (like has been done for millions of years) and one of them has a gun and kills the other with 0 effort a la Indiana Jones. Doing more effort and working harder is what your DNA tells you to do. I recommend that you write down a log of the quality and quantity of your work, just like Henry Ford did with his workers but with yourself. Work more hours and work less hours and log your output in specific things you did. Add things you like over your week like going mountain hiking, log your output, do nothing in the entire week that you like (sacrifice) and log it. You will be surprised by what you learn about yourself.