APAD: There is no substitute for hard work

Meaning:  If you want to achieve something in life you have to be willing to put in the work required to achieve it.

Origin: it was mentioned in 1925 New Yorker: Thomas A. Edison once said, “There is no substitute for hard work.” However earlier references make clear that it was James J. Hill. In the article "Handling Men For the Big Results" in March 1908 “System” magazine, it stated: "There's no substitute for hard work in business, says James J. Hill"。And so on ...
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Please don't get me wrong, I didn't abandon dear piglet Wilbur, but just want to go back to the basics. Actually I heard today's APAD from a group of high school students, who were having lunch on a park bench when we happend to walk by.  

I did my share of hard work too. It was the wisdom from Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider which helped me last that long in the office (in my last work group, there was no other female besides me for 8 long years).  When I stopped working, my physical health already took a big hit from those long and intense hours.  It took me more than 5 years to recover afterwards.

Things are very different in current times, with AI approaching and moving into everything everywhere all at once. But I still believe humans should be the ones in control. We can use AI to assist, but we shoudn't let machines overtake our heads, and never our souls.

Thank You!

 

Below are a couple pictures I took yesterday in a park (with the 8 years old non-phone-funciton iPhone, as usual :-)

 

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• The reward for good work is more work:) Let's be Wilbur:)） -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 07:29:51

• actually Wilbur not lazy @all forApig, he just likes 2think -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 07:45:03

• +1. It is not bad thing for young people to do more work. -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 08:03:08

• I have a same old iPhone with you. I am debating if I should -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 08:10:28

• Get a new model. 担心有好的相机也照不出移花那样的好照片。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 08:13:06

• 和移花兄比摄影？下辈子也没门儿哈 ;-))) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 08:16:23

• 哈哈。that is why 我就用旧手机算了。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 08:35:16

• 你的还可以打电话吧？我是捡儿子的,被米国某公司锁住，不能电话，只能GPS和瞎照。perfect for Wilbur;) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 08:45:14

• Meaningful work vs. repetitive, soul-depleting waste of life -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 08:55:11

• Malcolm X copied a whole dictionary in prison. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 08:55:51

• my last job was at Cisco. building internet is meaningful -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 09:03:29

• but only to a certain degree ... ... -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 09:03:59

• let's give all repetitive, soul-depleting work to AI !!! ;-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 09:11:03

• IMO, AI's just matching/making patterns out of databases. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 09:20:13

• so they might have brains, but Never Ever Can Have A Soul !! -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 09:39:09

• Indeed -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 09:28:51

• His1%inspiration 99%perspiration quote reflects same opinion -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 09:57:50

• Indeed. -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 05:09:54

• I doubt it：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (1115 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 09:46:22

• haha, but U must have worked very hard during residency. -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2024 postreply 09:54:41