Comments on: What is hard work? http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/ Creating Extraordinary Lives Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ams http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/#comment-29426 ams Thu, 12 May 2011 13:41:38 +0000 http://blog.steverrobbins.com/getitdoneguy/?p=18#comment-29426 it's just a state of mind........that you are a hard worker or not. it’s just a state of mind……..that you are a hard worker or not.

]]> By: Shoaib Abid http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/#comment-1871 Shoaib Abid Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:01:28 +0000 http://blog.steverrobbins.com/getitdoneguy/?p=18#comment-1871 I think a part of 1st response by James Connors 'I seem to think that hard work pushes the individual out of a comfort zone or requires an investment of energy above and beyond the norm', was closer to a definition of hardwork that can help me in my daily life. I started a new business of home planning and I am doing all the' hard-work' to establish it and I somehow feel I would be successful if I continue with it. So to me it's like regularity or continuity in what we are doing is hardwork. I think a part of 1st response by James Connors ‘I seem to think that hard work pushes the individual out of a comfort zone or requires an investment of energy above and beyond the norm’, was closer to a definition of hardwork that can help me in my daily life.

I started a new business of home planning and I am doing all the’ hard-work’ to establish it and I somehow feel I would be successful if I continue with it. So to me it’s like regularity or continuity in what we are doing is hardwork.

]]> By: Bill Fulkerson http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/#comment-1866 Bill Fulkerson Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:40:00 +0000 http://blog.steverrobbins.com/getitdoneguy/?p=18#comment-1866 Stever ... To me, hard work is poorly defined. It may be overly constrained to the point that the result is specified in the assignment. Stever …
To me, hard work is poorly defined. It may be overly constrained to the point that the result is specified in the assignment.

]]> By: steve http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/#comment-1861 steve Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:37:24 +0000 http://blog.steverrobbins.com/getitdoneguy/?p=18#comment-1861 Hey, Stever, Quite the discussion you've spawned. Methinks thou dost have a chapter in the making - or at least a "contextual" introduction - to a book on doing more/working less! Great! Steve Hey, Stever,

Quite the discussion you’ve spawned. Methinks thou dost have a chapter in the making – or at least a “contextual” introduction – to a book on doing more/working less!
Great!
Steve

]]> By: Chris Nadeau http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/#comment-1856 Chris Nadeau Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:26:46 +0000 http://blog.steverrobbins.com/getitdoneguy/?p=18#comment-1856 I think the phrase hard work was meaningful during the manual economy. Those days are pretty much long gone. Some people confuse working hard with working long hours. I wrote about this back in September and I refer to a great post by Seth Godin, that I think hits home about todays "hard work" http://theperfectbalance.blogspot.com/2007/09/are-you-working-hard-or-hardly-working.html I think the phrase hard work was meaningful during the manual economy. Those days are pretty much long gone. Some people confuse working hard with working long hours.

I wrote about this back in September and I refer to a great post by Seth Godin, that I think hits home about todays “hard work”

http://theperfectbalance.blogspot.com/2007/09/are-you-working-hard-or-hardly-working.html

]]> By: Doug Telford http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/#comment-1851 Doug Telford Sat, 31 May 2008 11:15:56 +0000 http://blog.steverrobbins.com/getitdoneguy/?p=18#comment-1851 Hard work is the drugery of working without passion. There is no dream, no feeling of making a difference in the world. It includes a feeling of being forced to do it, locked in with no other option. We need a sense of purpose to avoid making the work feel Hard. Hard work is the drugery of working without passion. There is no dream, no feeling of making a difference in the world. It includes a feeling of being forced to do it, locked in with no other option. We need a sense of purpose to avoid making the work feel Hard.

]]> By: K http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/#comment-1846 K Thu, 29 May 2008 23:31:05 +0000 http://blog.steverrobbins.com/getitdoneguy/?p=18#comment-1846 Hard work is anything I don't like or want to do. :) Or sometimes doing something that involves a lot of exertion that I normally wouldn't mind but at that moment I'd rather spend the energy elsewhere. Or even something I enjoy that's labor intensive enough (mental or physical) that it leaves me to some degree drained, even if I'm glad or even actively enjoyed how I spent the energy. (For example, toddler wrangling can be a great deal of fun, but the little buggers are exhausting.) Hard work is anything I don’t like or want to do. :)

Or sometimes doing something that involves a lot of exertion that I normally wouldn’t mind but at that moment I’d rather spend the energy elsewhere.

Or even something I enjoy that’s labor intensive enough (mental or physical) that it leaves me to some degree drained, even if I’m glad or even actively enjoyed how I spent the energy. (For example, toddler wrangling can be a great deal of fun, but the little buggers are exhausting.)

]]> By: Rob Kendrick http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/#comment-1841 Rob Kendrick Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:44 +0000 http://blog.steverrobbins.com/getitdoneguy/?p=18#comment-1841 I personally define hard work as anything which requires me to go outside the normal bounds of my knowledge or physical capacity for any extended period of time. For instance, lifting your mattress to put on a new bedskirt isn't hard work, because it's relatively quick. Moving the mattress to another room could be considered hard work, because the mattress is large, heavy, and unwieldy. In the same light, doing taxes on Turbotax isn't hard work, but trying to keep track of paper forms is, thanks to research. As always, it's a matter of perspective, and will vary from person to person. Take care, Rob I personally define hard work as anything which requires me to go outside the normal bounds of my knowledge or physical capacity for any extended period of time.

For instance, lifting your mattress to put on a new bedskirt isn’t hard work, because it’s relatively quick. Moving the mattress to another room could be considered hard work, because the mattress is large, heavy, and unwieldy.

In the same light, doing taxes on Turbotax isn’t hard work, but trying to keep track of paper forms is, thanks to research.

As always, it’s a matter of perspective, and will vary from person to person.

Take care,
Rob

]]> By: Pamela Slim http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/#comment-1836 Pamela Slim Thu, 29 May 2008 17:05:12 +0000 http://blog.steverrobbins.com/getitdoneguy/?p=18#comment-1836 When I hear the term "hard work," I tend to think of it in the way that Barbara mentioned above -- requires lots of mental and physical exertion, but is extremely rewarding. Things like the final push on a big project, cleaning out the garage, doing a marathon workout fall in this bucket. I love to re-arrange furniture and move mattresses, so call me anytime you need a hand. Chris Brogan's version of "hard" hits home too -- doing the things that I know are best in the long run for life/career, but that require new thinking or changing behavior can be very challenging. "Yuck bucket work" is how I refer to those things that I don't like to do under any circumstances, like accounting, taxes or analyzing tons of data. I am with Laura that those are prime things to outsource, as they are not made better (in fact probably much worse) by having me in the middle of them. When I hear the term “hard work,” I tend to think of it in the way that Barbara mentioned above — requires lots of mental and physical exertion, but is extremely rewarding. Things like the final push on a big project, cleaning out the garage, doing a marathon workout fall in this bucket.

I love to re-arrange furniture and move mattresses, so call me anytime you need a hand.

Chris Brogan’s version of “hard” hits home too — doing the things that I know are best in the long run for life/career, but that require new thinking or changing behavior can be very challenging.

“Yuck bucket work” is how I refer to those things that I don’t like to do under any circumstances, like accounting, taxes or analyzing tons of data. I am with Laura that those are prime things to outsource, as they are not made better (in fact probably much worse) by having me in the middle of them.

]]> By: Jessica Mariko http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2008/05/what-is-hard-work/#comment-1831 Jessica Mariko Thu, 29 May 2008 16:44:39 +0000 http://blog.steverrobbins.com/getitdoneguy/?p=18#comment-1831 Something is "hard work" when I have any kind of resistance towards it. Things are usually not "hard work" when I feel motivation, passsion, creativity and love. Something is “hard work” when I have any kind of resistance towards it.

Things are usually not “hard work” when I feel motivation, passsion, creativity and love.

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