The Steps to Success

In the articles that we have read so far and the discussions we have had in class, they all seem to lead back into the idea of succeeding in college. In the article “Work Hard or Work Smart”, it takes about not only working hard, but also working smart to succeed in life. Working smart is making a plan, as said in the article; where as working smart is actually working on the plan. When I think about working hard and working smart, I bring back our class discussion on time management into play. If you work smart, you space your time out right. You don’t rush at the last minute to get an assignment done. It’s not working smart if you save work for all of your classes to one night. You’re working too hard to get everything done, and it turns into being rushed and not giving you best effort. Which also brings back the time -> effort discussion.

Bringing this further, I think that if you work hard and smart, it will get you farther in where you want to be in life. You can’t get very far by just putting in a decent amount of time, effort and work. If you really want to succeed, you will go above and beyond the required work. This means having a plan with what to do, and getting it done in a smart amount of time. “Work harder than you thought possible. You have way more in you than you can imagine.” When I read this, I agreed that when you work harder than you’re used to or comfortable with, you will see much more potential that you thought. You will discover things you never knew about yourself just by pushing to work that extra step. The theme of success in many of the articles read and class discussions have the impression on me that they will stay for the rest of the semester, showing how you can lead up to your own personal success in many different ways.