There are things in this world that you can’t achieve no matter how hard you try
Why would you say something so depressing?
Why is that depressing?
Then do you think you can achieve anything if you just try hard enough?
No matter how talented someone is, if they don’t put in effort,
they lose to someone who does, right?
That’s obvious, isn’t it?
But is there really anyone in this world who doesn’t try at all?
And someone with truly no talent might spend their whole life trying
and still lose to someone who didn’t try at all
Also, people who are naturally gifted have a different efficiency in effort
Even with the same time and energy, they grow much faster
In fact, even stars known for their hard work are probably in the top 0.1% of natural talent
Shouldn’t we give people hope that they can succeed if they try?
We shouldn’t give false hope
It could lead to even greater disappointment
There’s nothing wrong with valuing effort
But blindly glorifying effort could actually undermine its value
“If you work hard, you will definitely succeed?”
Then all successful people become diligent
and all unsuccessful people become lazy
Believing that effort makes everything possible ends up judging everything only by results
If only the naturally gifted succeed, who would even try?
Don’t you think effort is important?
I think the direction of effort should be different
Like “what I’m good at, what I like, what I find meaningful”
You should try to discover what you’re naturally suited for
Effort has value in itself
So it doesn’t have to be tied to success
No one can truly know how much effort someone else has put in
So we shouldn’t judge others’ effort carelessly
How much I’ve tried
is something only I need to know
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