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Old 06-15-2015, 06:07 PM
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Hard work is the key to sucess

Someone on AK mentioned that hard work was the key to economic wealth and I replied, "nonsense."

He than asked why I said that. I said "experience."

He then asked, "Which part does your experience lead you to label nonsense? Have you worked hard on multiple occasions and achieved success each time or have you achieved success despite a failure to work hard?"

I then answered,


"Frankly my entire life experience has taught me this to be malarkey. Practiced and observed. There is a reason the best predictor of a child's future wealth at birth is the socioeconomic status of the parent at birth. It is the exception not the rule when one climbs in economic wealth with little to do with hard work.

I have seen all the myths exposed, from the poor being lazy to the rich being smarter.

As to me, the hardest job I ever had was exempt from minimum wage and overtime laws. I crawled...yes, crawled, under the hot sun, from one end of the field to the other, over and over, every day. 12 plus hours. Up at dawn, literally. What's a weekend?

The easiest job I ever had put me among the top 2%.

What I observed along the way shattered every catch phrase ever uttered on the virtues of how people rise socioeconomically and why. "

Though I'd post it here.
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