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He's definitely advocating both, but reducing the advice to "work smarter and harder" strips out all of the social and cultural context which gives it motivatio
by walterk 18y ago
He's definitely advocating both, but reducing the advice to "work smarter and harder" strips out all of the social and cultural context which gives it motivational force.
The idea of making an "extraordinary effort" compels you to define your efforts relative to what's "ordinary", pitting you against not only your own everyday level of effort, but also against the masses. "Work smarter and harder" doesn't.
Granted, the post could've been more concise.
- arockwell 18y agoI think what "work smarter and harder" misses the most is not the level of effort you need to make, but that in order to get to that level of "extraordinary effort" you need to take risks. I think trying to reduce this post to one sentence is probably a bad idea anyways. I thought it was worthwhile reading.
- walterk 18y agoI agree. (Incidentally, I wasn't trying to put down your comment specifically, in case it came across that way. I just replied to it since I didn't want to duplicate the point that working harder was also part of the equation.)
- arockwell 18y agoHah, no problem. This is one of the few sites I assume by default people are trying to be positive.