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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHard Work and Success
...if hard work were a guarantee of success, trust me, this nation would be run by a bunch of Mexican guys with leaf blowers. Bill Maher
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Hard Work and Success (Original Post)
lame54
Sep 2012
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nichomachus
(12,754 posts)1. Also, someone pointed out
That you may work hard and you may be successful, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the hard work is what caused the success.
Correlation doesn't imply causality.
lame54
(35,351 posts)3. "The world needs ditch-diggers too."
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)4. That was my mother imploring me to do my homework
"If you don't do well in school, you'll end up digging ditches."
Now I look at that guy sitting up in the climate-controlled cab of that big Caterpillar making twice what I do with my fancy college degree and I seriously question my mother's wisdom.