Would working hard definitely guarantee success?
I always heard people say if you work hard you would success, but is that really true. My own life experience suggests otherwise and sometime working hard simply isn’t enough. Sometime for some people working hard isn’t necessary for him/her to succeed, for some people if you work hard you would success and for some people working hard is simply not enough.
In my opinion life is like playing a computer game, but the game that every body play is different from another and we also play at different level. Some people have less difficult situation to deal with, they play at level one. Others have very difficult situation to deal with they play at level ten. However, unlike most computer game we play, we don’t get to choose what level we play on. It is decided by the world around us. By the end of the day, it is all about whether you would succeed at the level you play on. Whether you would succeed in the game of life, is about whether you play the game that has been set for you, well enough, hard enough, smart enough and/or skillfully enough.
My favor example came from a story I heard in regards to the Vietnam War, after the war. After the Vietnam War is over and the Vietcong won, they used the deadliest measure to change the nation to make everybody equal in wealth. The new government changed the currency and their policy, is for everybody to received the same amount of money on the day of the currency change, disregards to how much money you have with. I am not sure what the amount was, but let say it was $50.00 for every family, then if your family have $10.00 then you will get $50.00. If you have $2000.00, you will still get only $50.00.
There, I heard two family dealing with the situation in completely different way and then completely different result. The first family sold all of their asset a few month in prior to the ending of the war, everything except for their family home and then used that money to buy gold and they hide the gold from the communist after the Vietcong took over, so despite the currency change and they only received the standard amount that every family get, they were not been effected, because they have gold and as long as the Vietcong don’t find out about it, they did not loose all the money they spend years working hard to gather.
This other family was different, just like the first family they also worked hard all their life, but they made no pre existing preparation and afterbthe Vietcong took over, on the day of the currency change, they took all of the fortune they spend their entire life working hard to gather, only to get the standard amount everybody get. The money this old couple spends their entire life gather up worth a fortune for their retirement, but now their life time of working hard is useless.
Just like those people in the story we also work hard, but the computer game of life we are playing doesn’t require for us to deal with the scenario of post Vietnam War, where they on the other hand has to and as a result, all that is relevant to determine whether they succeed in life, is whether they have the require skills be successful in playing the game set for them. The first family succeed, the second family failed, despite both family worked hard. We on the other hand would never have failed due to this sort of reason, because it is not within the game set for us.
For some other people, the computer game they play, doesn’t even require for them to work hard, for example royals can just sit there and do nothing and they would still be rich and successful, because the computer game they play allows it.
Some other people, play their game in a way that is anti success, Lindsey Lohan might be an example, considering I heard rumor saying she is broke, because she has uncontrollable way of spend her money and is an alcoholic and as a result become a failure, despite the fact she has her game set on level 1.
Both the Royals and Lohan has their game set on similar level, a level that is probably lower then the level most of us are playing at, but the result is different.
The fact about life is that it is about what is the external environment around us, which is the computer game of life that has been set for us and our internal factor, which is how we play the game of life that the world set for us. Some people only has an easy game to play and they played it well, so they succeed, some people has a more difficult game to play in that instant some people might still try to play it well, but for some they are way over their head and they would ended up as a failure, while others is more then capable of playing that difficult game and played it well, they would still succeed.
So in the end whether you would succeed in life take more then hard work. It is the combination of what is the game that is set for you and your own ability and dedication to succeed in this game.
For those who got an easy game to play, cherish it, you are lucky don’t throw it away.
For those who got a difficult game to play, don’t blame how unfair the world treats you, because there is no use that is the game the world set for you. All you can to do is try to play your game most skillfully and with the most dedication you can give and if you don’t have the skill to be successful on the game level the world set for you, don’t be angry or jealous towards those who are playing at the lower level that you are capable of been successful at, because there is no use, you don’t get to choose the level you play all. All you can do is upgrading your skills and become a player that is capable of be successful at the level you are playing at. If you are playing a level ten game, then upgrade yourself to level ten from level five and don't be jealous at those who gets to play at level five or lower, because there is no use. You don't get to choose what level you play on.
Play well.
Yours Truly
I always heard people say if you work hard you would success, but is that really true. My own life experience suggests otherwise and sometime working hard simply isn’t enough. Sometime for some people working hard isn’t necessary for him/her to succeed, for some people if you work hard you would success and for some people working hard is simply not enough.
In my opinion life is like playing a computer game, but the game that every body play is different from another and we also play at different level. Some people have less difficult situation to deal with, they play at level one. Others have very difficult situation to deal with they play at level ten. However, unlike most computer game we play, we don’t get to choose what level we play on. It is decided by the world around us. By the end of the day, it is all about whether you would succeed at the level you play on. Whether you would succeed in the game of life, is about whether you play the game that has been set for you, well enough, hard enough, smart enough and/or skillfully enough.
My favor example came from a story I heard in regards to the Vietnam War, after the war. After the Vietnam War is over and the Vietcong won, they used the deadliest measure to change the nation to make everybody equal in wealth. The new government changed the currency and their policy, is for everybody to received the same amount of money on the day of the currency change, disregards to how much money you have with. I am not sure what the amount was, but let say it was $50.00 for every family, then if your family have $10.00 then you will get $50.00. If you have $2000.00, you will still get only $50.00.
There, I heard two family dealing with the situation in completely different way and then completely different result. The first family sold all of their asset a few month in prior to the ending of the war, everything except for their family home and then used that money to buy gold and they hide the gold from the communist after the Vietcong took over, so despite the currency change and they only received the standard amount that every family get, they were not been effected, because they have gold and as long as the Vietcong don’t find out about it, they did not loose all the money they spend years working hard to gather.
This other family was different, just like the first family they also worked hard all their life, but they made no pre existing preparation and afterbthe Vietcong took over, on the day of the currency change, they took all of the fortune they spend their entire life working hard to gather, only to get the standard amount everybody get. The money this old couple spends their entire life gather up worth a fortune for their retirement, but now their life time of working hard is useless.
Just like those people in the story we also work hard, but the computer game of life we are playing doesn’t require for us to deal with the scenario of post Vietnam War, where they on the other hand has to and as a result, all that is relevant to determine whether they succeed in life, is whether they have the require skills be successful in playing the game set for them. The first family succeed, the second family failed, despite both family worked hard. We on the other hand would never have failed due to this sort of reason, because it is not within the game set for us.
For some other people, the computer game they play, doesn’t even require for them to work hard, for example royals can just sit there and do nothing and they would still be rich and successful, because the computer game they play allows it.
Some other people, play their game in a way that is anti success, Lindsey Lohan might be an example, considering I heard rumor saying she is broke, because she has uncontrollable way of spend her money and is an alcoholic and as a result become a failure, despite the fact she has her game set on level 1.
Both the Royals and Lohan has their game set on similar level, a level that is probably lower then the level most of us are playing at, but the result is different.
The fact about life is that it is about what is the external environment around us, which is the computer game of life that has been set for us and our internal factor, which is how we play the game of life that the world set for us. Some people only has an easy game to play and they played it well, so they succeed, some people has a more difficult game to play in that instant some people might still try to play it well, but for some they are way over their head and they would ended up as a failure, while others is more then capable of playing that difficult game and played it well, they would still succeed.
So in the end whether you would succeed in life take more then hard work. It is the combination of what is the game that is set for you and your own ability and dedication to succeed in this game.
For those who got an easy game to play, cherish it, you are lucky don’t throw it away.
For those who got a difficult game to play, don’t blame how unfair the world treats you, because there is no use that is the game the world set for you. All you can to do is try to play your game most skillfully and with the most dedication you can give and if you don’t have the skill to be successful on the game level the world set for you, don’t be angry or jealous towards those who are playing at the lower level that you are capable of been successful at, because there is no use, you don’t get to choose the level you play all. All you can do is upgrading your skills and become a player that is capable of be successful at the level you are playing at. If you are playing a level ten game, then upgrade yourself to level ten from level five and don't be jealous at those who gets to play at level five or lower, because there is no use. You don't get to choose what level you play on.
Play well.
Yours Truly
Jui-Wei Yang
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