Systems don’t mean anything without hard work

A review of my journey in Productivity

After reading, watching and trying all those systems, schemes or hacks, I can generalize that working smart generates result faster, but to have even any result, you have to work hard too. Analogically if you have a supercar, you still have to press the pedal to move, and even if you have an old car, it will still move if you press hard enough. Of course a car in a good condition has a higher chance of getting further, but the moral is you should not wait till you have a supercar before you start on your journey. Take the first step if you have too.

Find a car, then drive.

Thank you for reading.

Similar Posts

  • |

    Old Colleagues

    There is a colleague at work who is quite old but he picks things up very quickly. However he talks a lot and has a tendency to encroach on other people’s roles. “He knows a lot,” I said to myself, “but he throws some terms around that are not exactly correct. He likes to correct…

  • Slowest in The Room

    My daughter has a tendency to complain, a lot. Especially if she finds something to be a bit difficult and she didn’t want to do it in the first place, i.e. it was a task set either by her parents or teacher. She’ll huff and puff while complaining that it is so hard! I’ll then…

  • |

    Life is an Exam

    Life is an exam, or not. All my life, or at least my early years of life, I have been prepping for exams very year. In Malaysia there is the primary school exams (UPSR) that determines whether you can go to a boarding school with better facilities and reputed more experienced teachers. There you prepare…

  • Advice and Being Supportive

    I’ve mentioned before that some people don’t want advice. And I try not to dole them out, unwarranted. However today someone did asked my opinion, regarding working in the UK but halfway talking it out, I realised that this guy didn’t really want my opinion. My wife then came along and I dragged her through…

  • Commonality in Strangers

    Went to a friend’s makan-makan (party) today and met a lot of undergrads, mostly in their early twenties. As we’re from Asian background, i.e. all are Malaysian, there is a bit of hierarchy between us and also reverence towards me and my friend, who are well in our 30s. Despite that though, the conversation does…

  • View of Years

    A colleague brought a cake to the office today because it was his birthday , something the British does (in Malaysia it’s the other way around, where the office would buy birthday cake for the one who is celebrating). Anyways, people were wishing him happy birthday, and asked his age (something I heard you should…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *