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The headline itself is an example of a question that answers itself. Another example would be "if you've saved up a lot of money, why don't you spend more?" We
by neogodless 5y ago
The headline itself is an example of a question that answers itself.
Another example would be "if you've saved up a lot of money, why don't you spend more?" Well because I saved it by not spending too much.
And in this case, "success" is working long hours, because of what these workers believe. Success is the appearance of working hard, and having put the effort in.
The article doesn't really address income/spending, though. Are they making excellent money because of working so hard? What do they do with it? If they spend most of it, they have to keep earning to sustain their lifestyle.
Of course, some people spend little, work hard, earn a lot, and perhaps never reach "enough", where they can work less, spend a bit more, and actually enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- inetknght 5y agoNo, I don't think people work 70 hours because they're successful. I think they work 70 hours out of necessity and others think that makes them successful. If I were successful then I definitely wouldn't be _working_. Yet here I am working many hours and others claim I am successful.
- neogodless 5y agoYou're defining "successful" as not having to work. They define it differently (just as "others" define your "working many hours" as successful.)
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- mikecoles 5y agoGet a different job. If you don't love what you're doing, why do it? I you love doing something, why not get paid for it? People can be working 70 hours a week and enjoying it. Because you associate work with being miserable doesn't mean others do.
- inetknght 5y ago> If you don't love what you're doing, why do it? I you love doing something, why not get paid for it? What I love doing doesn't pay nearly as much as what I don't love doing.