I've observed that people who work minimum wage (or close to it) work a heck of a lot harder than the rest of us.
I've observed that people who have a stake in the profits (or close to it) work a heck of a lot harder than the rest of us.
Until they realize there are no profits. Then they don't work at all. Especially if just as they're getting close to profits, a new "adult" CEO is brought on board at 5x the salary that the people "close" to the profits were being paid, and breaking even gets pushed 5 years (and 2 rounds of dilution) into the future.
Re:Is effort a myth?
by swdesignguy on Thursday October 09, 2008 @01:26AM
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Yeah, that would suck.
> I've observed that people who work minimum wage (or close to it) work a heck of a lot harder than the rest of us.
Which suggests that they're doing it wrong....
"PS: When your 4x as productive as the next guy you don't need to stay up late to get ahead. It's still an option if your trying to become rich but there is little value in doing that for someone else."
... Use "you're" when you mean "you are".
"Luck" is often more about noticing opportunity than anything else. The are probably millions of ways you could get enough money to retire in 7 years, but noticing them requires an open mind.
PS: When your 4x as productive as the next guy you don't need to stay up late to get ahead. It's still an option if your trying to become rich but there is little value in doing that for someone else.