You want to play a word game? Fine. Substitute whatever words you'd use for "working focused" with every time I used the words "working hard". The point stan

You want to play a word game? Fine. Substitute whatever words you'd use for "working focused" with every time I used the words "working hard". The point stands. Maybe I (or someone) just works harder/more focused, for longer, than you (or someone else). Why should that person hold themselves to your standards and not theirs?