Topic 10 The importance of hard work
That hard work is a kcy to success is a well-known adage. Parents, teachers as
well as others guide a child to work hard so that he can achieve good scores.
‘Though a little bit of luck plays a positive role but | believe that hard work is
the key to success, In fact if only luck is to be considered, no one would work
but just wait till their luck shines up.
But this is not the case. Today we see that technology has improved to such an
extent that a person can have a lunch in Paris and a dinner in New York on the
same day. There lies great contributions from people like the Wright brothers
and Henry Ford to invent these means of transportation, which were the result
of their hard-work and great efforts. If these people had waited for the D-day
probably we could still have been using fire and wood to cook instead of using
electrical ovens, and the globalization would not have taken effect.
A person can excel in his carcer due to hard work. If he sits at home, no one
would offer him a job unless he initiates the job searching process. Also if you
are working in a company you will be promoted only because of working hard;
luck does not lie in the picture.
A student stands out first only if he studies hard. Many students after the
graduation say that probably they were not lucky enough to get good marks, or
the evaluators must have marked their papers strictly. But again these are
merely reasons that can't be given preference.
Today science has developed so much that hand shaking can be virtually done
between any two countries. This is due to the tremendous amount of researches
accomplished by scientists. All achievements in science and technology are
because of hard work contributed by people in different fields.
‘Thus a young individual has the potential to do something and crave in
reaching a particular acme. Whether your luck prevails or not condition being
hard work and efforts, which will pick you up wherever you are.Topic 10 Luck and hard work
There is a humorous saying in English "The grass is always greener on the
other side of the valley.” The saying is used ironically to point out that there is a
temptation in us all to insist that others are more fortunate than we are. This is
nowhere more true than on the question of luck and hard work. When faced
with the "bad times", we often find comfort in the idea that we are special in
our degree of misfortune. | feel that such an attitude is negative, and that it can
bring only further misfortune.
Many famously successfull people have begun from small origins. Mao was the
son of a (modestly prosperous) peasant; the explorer Captain Cook was so poor
that, as a child, he had to work by day and study by night; many of the affluent
Americans of today are the children of the poor immigrants of yesterday.
Beethoven, it should be remembered, became deaf before the end of his career.
‘There are many, many more people who have also made genuine, though Jess
spectacular, successes against the odds.
Within his own terms, a person who is born into poverty in India is a great
success if he manages to own a house in later life. Poverty cannot be reduced
by merely complaining and blaming others: no matter how guilty other people
are, each individual must reach out to success for himself. Indeed, some
economists believe that the world operates by what they call "the rule of the
jungle." They belicve that in economics a person always attempts to gain profit
from his neighbor: that given the chance the poor man would quickly make
himself rich by trading to his own advantage.
Also, it is presumptuous to judge another according to his or her apparent
fortune, No man can ever truly understand the sufferings of his neighbor. A
man who appears comfortably rich may have suffered elsewhere in his life -
through the death ofa loved one, for example. Retired businessmen have often
worked long hours in their youth. Surely, it must be wiser to respect
achievement than to deny that anyone has achieved good in the world.
‘To rely on notions of luck - to believe that life is a kind of lottery - is an attempt
to escape reality. Paradoxically, the only time a person can claim that luck is
more important than work is when he reflects on his own success. Because of
that modesty, the great man then becomes even greater.Topic 10 Does luck has anything to do with success?
Some people believed that they achieved success by their own ability, whereas
other people believed that they did it by luck. As for me, I would like to side
with the former people. | am willing to discuss it by proposing two main
reasons.
First, As for the genuine meaning of the term 'suecess’, luck is not the dominant
aspect to gain success, What is success? I like to say that success is a great
integration of a good motivation, a good procedure, and a good result. That is,
success means not only the self-realization or economic abundance, but also
enduring endeavor or firm belief. Being a rich man or powerful man without
hard work is never a ‘success’.
Sccond, for the social cohesion, I support the former point of view. If we
acknowledge that a person who becomes a rich man due to luck as a successful
man, we would lose the moral principle that makes our community safe and
harmonious. That is because most people are willing to buy lottery or play
gambling instead of work hard. 'No pain, No gain’ is not fallacy.
As for me, | would like to live in a society where there is no luck for success. |
believe that hard labor and great endeavor rather than luck is the origin of
human happiness and success