I think most of the answers to many problems in life can be summed up in 2: Hard Work.
HOW DO I GET OUT OF DEBT?
- Face your financial situation. (Hard Work)
- Keep track of your expenses. (Hard Work)
- Make a budget. (Hard Work)
- Get another job or a second one. (Hard Work)
- Cut back on expenses. (Hard Work)
HOW DO I GET A RAISE AT WORK?
Keep track of all of your accomplishments in detail with numbers. (Hard Work)- Work hard at being good at your job. (Hard Work)
- Ask for one at your review. (Hard Work)
HOW DO I LOSE WEIGHT?
- Eat less. (Hard Work)
- Exercise Regularly. (Hard Work)
- Be constantly vigilant about making good food choices. (Hard Work)
- Don’t eat a bag of chips every day. (Hard Work)
HOW DO I IMPROVE MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY WIFE/HUSBAND/BF/GF?
- Admit you need to put in more effort. (Hard Work)
- Talk less, listen more. (Hard Work)
- Ask about their day and genuinely listen. (Hard Work)
- Take care of them once in a while. (Hard Work)
- Watch your own attitude to see where you can improve. (Hard Work)
HOW DO I BROWN BAG MY LUNCH EVERY DAY TO SAVE MONEY?
- Plan your meals out. (Hard Work)
- Cook/prepare everything on Sunday for the rest of the week. (Hard Work)
- Resist the temptation for a juicy burger around the corner. (Hard Work)
What I’m trying to get at, is that there is no magical solution, pill or answer.
And sometimes hard work isn’t the ONLY answer. Luck plays a big role in life too.
But it’s a good start.
You just need to work hard, and that includes getting in sync with yourself and making a plan to find out what you don’t know so that you can reach your goal.
It’s not easy, and it sucks ROYALLY. But people who are successful, do what it takes with their blood sweat & tears to get what they want.
The threshhold for being amazing is 10,000 hours.
You have to put in 10,000 hours of work and practice to become good.
You may have natural talent and ability, but it doesn’t happen overnight.
To become the best pianist in the world? They have practiced over 10,000 hours.
And even if they don’t get it on the first try, they are primed to reach it eventually and it becomes easier and easier.
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frugalscholar
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 8:06 AM:
Actually, I think the hardest workers are people w/ minimum wage jobs who are on their feet all day. I think the most important things are gifts==being born in the right country, at the right time, to the right parents. Add hard work to all that….
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Ginger
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 9:27 AM:
LOL Somebody’s been reading The Outliers…
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Rachelle
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 9:49 AM:
I needed these words today. Sometimes I really wish things could happen overnight and I am instantaneously scared off when I hear those two words: Hard Work, but the only way to get anywhere is by facing that reality. I’m printing this post and hanging it in my cube for encouragement.
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Shopaholic
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 9:52 AM:
Oh How True!!!! mind you if everything was easy maybe we would get bored of trying… or maybe not!!
becca
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 10:11 AM:
Thank you for this today! While I feel I do work very hard, there is definitely always more hard work needed in some aspect.
I do hard work in most areas but the place for improvement is definitely budgeting. Being stuck in a rut lately, this kinda helped pull me out of it a bit. Fortunately I have no debt yet unfortunately I have no savings either. Living paycheck to paycheck and cutting back on expenses already it’s been tough trying to figure out what to do next. My options: keep track of expenses and budget – so much harder work than I thought before! Thanks for the encouragement.
me in millions
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 10:29 AM:
Great reminders. Hard work really does fix most problems!
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Foxie
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 3:57 PM:
Hard work. I think I need to remember this as I aspire to my future freelancing career. I’ll only get good and get where I want to go if I work hard at it. That and I have to want it bad enough. (Don’t think that’s a problem, but location change would definitely help too!!)
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SS4BC
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 10:00 PM:
Man… now I’m thinking I better start working harder.
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Cupcake
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 10:56 PM:
I really enjoyed reading this article!
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Cupcake
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 10:58 PM:
I really enjoyed reading this post.. it puts things in perspective!
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Money Funk
on Oct 16th, 2009
@ 11:37 PM:
I enjoyed the ‘don’t eat a big bag of chips everyday’. All brillant, simple words of wisdom but oh so hard to reach! lol.
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Last Born Child
on Oct 17th, 2009
@ 3:20 PM:
Love it – 10,000 hours to become good at anything. Coupled with 28 days to develop a habit, my procrastinating self has an uphill battle
Stephanie
on Oct 22nd, 2009
@ 4:40 PM:
I really like the one of how to save money from brown bagging the lunches. Sometimes it is so easy to just grab something from somewhere than taking the time to make it yourself. But I have found out you save so much money.
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