obsessed with this idea that I read recently: Hard work is the ultimate leverage with people above your status.
this applies to wealth, age, social, professional etc.
show you work hard, and you earn respect.
people want to help you, they just don’t want to waste their time helping someone who won’t help themselves.
in the age of AI, this is compounding. AI atrophy is here, skills are rusting.
hard work = leverage.