The majority of your problems can be resolved by simply working hard

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Overweight = exercise and diet

Failing college = study harder

Feeling depressed = get outside and engage in positive habits

Low income = work harder at your job and your career

Relationship difficulty = spend more time with your partner and put the effort in

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  2. mmmpedi Avatar

    Oversimplified, privileged, insensitive opinion. Up vote well deserved

  3. Frost-Folk Avatar

    And I’m guessing that, if you have this opinion, you were born overweight, poor, with learning disabilities, and relationship issues and you overcame all of them and are now a fit, rich, educated, married man?

    If so, congrats. If not, then you would have no idea.

  4. Reasonable-Grass8237 Avatar

    Blind = just look harder

  5. Dazz316 Avatar

    Weight is a good one. Though I’m not sure diet is “working harder”.

    College, yes. Probably.

    Depressed? This isn’t about working harder at all. This is about knowing the steps, understanding what is wrong with you, getting the right advice etc. It’s working smarter, not harder.

    >Low income = work harder at your job and your career

    You can be working in a low wage job. Working harder these days simply isn’t enough. People make the mistake of thinking the next rung up the ladder is acheiveable simply by hard work. But it’s not more of the same work, it’s new work with different tasks, new responsibilities. You need to show your employer that you have the capacity for these new skills.

    For example, you work in a warehouse and your job is to take boxes that are delivered and stack them on the right shelves. There’s 2 people. Bill and Ben.

    • Bill is fast, fastest person there. He stacks boxes faster than anybody. Easily the hardest worker there. He clocks in a bit early, steams ahead and clocks out at night. He doesn’t do anything else but stack boxes, he is a box stacking MACHINE!!!!
    • Ben is still a good worker but not as good as Bill. However Ben has shown initiative. When supervisors aren’t around and issues come up, Ben takes control of the situation and can help resolve some of these issues. He gets involved in things above his paygrade where acceptable and shows a nack for some of the tasks that would be expected of him. Speaking to suppliers, issues with IT and trying to resolve them where he can.

    When looking for promotion, Ben will get picked over Bill most of the time.

    Work smarter, not harder! (though don’t be lazy, but Ben isn’t lazy as he’s still a good worker).

    Working harder might be overttime, which might be OK. But it’s not a real solution here.

    >Relationship difficulty = spend more time with your partner and put the effort in

    Well, harder? At what. You need to look at, understand the problems and know what will resolve the issue. These might be simple and easier and trucking on ahead working harder at the same old issues might not just be good for the relationship but worse. More work smarter not harder.

    A lot of the time, working harder cann not be of much help or even be worse. Working smarter is what will help more of the time.

  6. Ok-Refrigerator-7403 Avatar

    The first step to solving a problem is understanding it.  If you don’t really understand the problem (which you don’t if your “solution” is a one-liner like these), hard work will get you nowhere.

  7. EluelleGames Avatar

    Feels more like a bait rather than an opinion, but if it were one – definitely belongs here

  8. Life_Death_and_Taxes Avatar

    Often times, that’s not how the world works, be a child labourer in asia slaving out in a sweatshop and see if any of this works

  9. webUser_001 Avatar

    I agree with losing weight. Just eat an actual diet, and no, fries and ice cream are not food. Move more, eat less.

    Everything else has too many external variables. Studying maybe.

  10. Breakin7 Avatar

    Work harder at your dead end job that allows you two hours of free time and then use that small timing to get jacked so you can cure your depression going out once a month.

    Sure buddy

  11. wigglyworm- Avatar

    The abelism and lack of knowledge on how the brain and body work is strong with this one.

  12. Ratsyinc Avatar

    Maybe just stick to video games and wrestling big guy

  13. Knightseason Avatar

    Ah yes, the old “if you’re depressed, just be happy” advice. 🙄

  14. TheGrouchyGremlin Avatar

    My current issues would actually be resolved by me working less.

  15. The_Business_Maestro Avatar

    This is just flat out wrong. It ignores all the mental health issues that a lot of people face. The problem isn’t that they need to work more, it’s why they aren’t working more.

    Go watch Healthgamergg on YouTube. You need some education

  16. Joubachi Avatar

    Maybe you should get involved with real life a little harder….

  17. Severe-Bicycle-9469 Avatar

    Brother, that is not how depression works.