Whether we heard it from our relatives when we were children, learned it in class, or listened to any speech given by a successful person as an adult, the phrase "hard work can make you rich" has been turned over and over again in different ways. The method was repeated countless times. In the end, time has left traces on us. When we see the calluses on our hands due to diligence, the increasingly thinning hair, and the chilling numbers in our bank cards, we can’t help but wonder if we are not diligent enough. Or hard work and getting rich don't seem to have much to do with each other.
If the saying that hard work makes you rich is true, then the current richest man in the world must be the most diligent person in the world, but obviously this is not true. Most of the current successful people have built their wealth on the diligence of others, and they themselves warn others to be diligent, because diligence can make you rich. As a result, more people joined the diligent army and continued to create wealth for this successful rich man. The creation and accumulation of wealth requires a process and certain opportunities. It is undeniable that diligence is a way to create wealth, but it is not necessarily a necessary way. But getting rich through hard work is the most acceptable model for the world.
Because people's logic is that the creation of wealth is never easy and requires hard work. And hard work is fair to everyone. There is no need to look at family background, appearance, height, gender discrimination, etc. Because everyone’s understanding of diligence is always different. Farmers think that getting up early and working in the fields every day is diligence; students think that reading and studying every day is diligence; taxi drivers think that running a few more hours every day is diligence. Diligence does not have a fixed standard, so the final harvest cannot always lead to wealth.
If a farmer only has two or three acres of land, the fertility of the land is limited, weather factors also affect the harvest, and pest control and pesticides are required. In the end, he is very diligent throughout the year, but his final income is also limited. When the harvest is bad, there is just enough to eat; when the harvest is good, the price may drop again. In the same way, if a taxi driver runs for an extra hour or two every day, there is a probability that he can earn more money, but there is also a probability that he will spend more on gas. All of this is affected by various factors. But the most important thing is that even if you work for a day without eating or drinking, the income may not be as much as the income of people in some industries sitting in the office and typing on the keyboard a few times a day.
In the final analysis, it is because everyone has a different understanding of diligence, which leads to different choices made by everyone. Therefore, different people engage in different industries, and their natural income levels will not be the same. Furthermore, in every industry there will always be leaders, those at the top of the industry who truly make money. When you ask them the reason for their success, they will still tell you to work hard. Because they were not sure that they would get rich at the beginning, and one of the factors that made them rich was diligence, and it was definitely only one of them. If you ask them to tear down everything they have now and start all over again, they can't 100% guarantee that they can become rich again.
All words and truths are said by people, and the people who say this are based on their own experience and understanding. Success sometimes has a strong chance of accident, and some of it is accidental. These successful people themselves cannot Explain, and the truth that everyone knows, such as hard work can make you rich, can be easily accepted by others. The key point is that this sentence seems to be correct and impeccable on the surface.
There is nothing wrong with being diligent. Having faith and being willing to practice is ultimately more meaningful than doing nothing. But please think more about the purpose of your hard work, verify the results of your hard work, and compare the experiences of those around you who work hard to get rich. Ultimately, the standard of hard work in your mind is the final result of getting rich. Instead of thinking that you are very diligent, in the end, you let the diligence in your heart waste your life.
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