Our first prompt comes from Shi. She asks:
One feels better when you have worked hard for money/success/wealth. Fact or myth?
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Shi,
Many of us were told as kids that we had to work hard to be successful. “Work hard and you’ll pass your exams/be successful in life.” I heard that over and over again when sitting KCPE, KCSE, my uni exams, and I continue to hear it now that I’m a working adult.
People are enamored with hard work. Every day someone tweets “While they sleep, I grind” or “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” or some variation of that sentiment. It’s like we have a cult of hard work. Which doesn’t sound like a bad thing, except when it is.