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I feel like you're very close to the realisation/philosophy that I hold here, which is that hard work doesn't pay off. In the sense that you cannot willpower y
by RugnirViking 3y ago
I feel like you're very close to the realisation/philosophy that I hold here, which is that hard work doesn't pay off.
In the sense that you cannot willpower your way to a goal that requires a great deal of sustatined effort. You simply can't. People dont become olympic athletes by training hard so they can win. They become olympic athletes by training hard because they like training. They have friends there, and feel good at it, and get fulfillment from it, and found all sorts of little tricks to make it easier and not exact a psychological toll from them.
This all is to say, if you want to make a change in life, its not enough to try really hard. You have to set up structures, often social structures, to help it become fun.
- sandspar 3y agoYou're right and I think you could go further. There's a carrot and there's a stick. You can join communities where change happens by force. Think of the guy who runs someone over in his car then becomes a priest to atone. He's not necessarily having fun. Think of slaves: they're not having fun, but the social structure ensures they'll remain slaves. As we speak there are teenage boys fighting each other in the Middle East and Europe - not because it's fun but because their society ensures they'll be thrown in jail or killed if they don't fight.
- ngc248 3y agohard work is a necessary but not sufficient factor to achieve success.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoYes, but more importantly, "hard work" is unsustainable on its own, and leads to a burnout. To use an engine analogy, it's not enough to supply fuel for the engine to burn and do work; you also need lubrication for the moving parts and cooling for the whole assembly if you want the engine to keep going.