Comments on: How NOT To Become A Millionaire! http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/04/10/how-not-to-become-a-millionaire/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:04:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Steve Bates http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/04/10/how-not-to-become-a-millionaire/#comment-5813 Steve Bates Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:03:28 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/04/10/how-not-to-become-a-millionaire/#comment-5813 Sahar - I like the idea of this post. I have tried working harder before and that didn't work as well as I had hoped. I tried working smarter before and that did not work at all. But When I combined the two concepts I have have been doing exceptionally well. My phrase was, "Work, hard, work smart, and work some more." Which reminded me that I had to do both the hard work and the smart work and then stay at it longer than most. I recently read Steven K. Scott's book, THE RICHEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED which is about the wisdom of King Solomon. Here is what he said about hard work (and I have adopted this as part of my philosophy). QUOTE: "My computer dictionary describes diligence as, "A persistent and hard-working effort in doing something."? I love the word "persistent;"? persistence is certainly a part of diligence. "Hard-working,"? on the other hand is not the most accurate term to use when trying to understand Solomon's meaning. I'd prefer to use the phrase, "smart-working."? If I need to cut down a tree and try to cut it down with a hammer, that would be hard-working, but it certainly would not be diligent. It could take me hours, even days to chop down a tree with a hammer. On the other hand, if I use a chain saw I might cut that same tree down in minutes. I would not be working nearly as hard, but I'd be working a lot smarter." Sahar - I like the idea of this post. I have tried working harder before and that didn’t work as well as I had hoped. I tried working smarter before and that did not work at all. But When I combined the two concepts I have have been doing exceptionally well. My phrase was, “Work, hard, work smart, and work some more.” Which reminded me that I had to do both the hard work and the smart work and then stay at it longer than most.

I recently read Steven K. Scott’s book, THE RICHEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED which is about the wisdom of King Solomon. Here is what he said about hard work (and I have adopted this as part of my philosophy).

QUOTE: “My computer dictionary describes diligence as, “A persistent and hard-working effort in doing something.”? I love the word “persistent;”? persistence is certainly a part of diligence. “Hard-working,”? on the other hand is not the most accurate term to use when trying to understand Solomon’s meaning. I’d prefer to use the phrase, “smart-working.”? If I need to cut down a tree and try to cut it down with a hammer, that would be hard-working, but it certainly would not be diligent. It could take me hours, even days to chop down a tree with a hammer. On the other hand, if I use a chain saw I might cut that same tree down in minutes. I would not be working nearly as hard, but I’d be working a lot smarter.”

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