Key takeaway: No, hard work does not guarantee success. But if you apply your efforts correctly, hard work can significantly increase your chances of success.

  • Think of hard work as doing your best whenever you can.
  • Hard work is a realistic requirement for success.
  • You influence your chances of success purely by your attitude.
  • Hard work provides both delayed and compound benefits.
  • Effective work has two components: working on the right things and working in the right way.
  • Successful work is always situation specific.
  • Good communication starts with listening and asking questions. Your goals are twofold: gaining understanding and then managing expectations.
  • Be careful of derailers that will undermine your progress.
  • Occasionally your best move is to recognize you’re in the wrong place.
  • You can still draw helpful lessons from a painful experience that might help you avoid a similar situation in the future.

We hope today’s lessons on hard work save you some pain and increase your odds of success.

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