Work Hard

There is no shortage of quotes and mantras that invoke the phrase ‘work hard’, or ‘hard work will get you there’. 

However there doesn’t seem to be a clear definition of what that means, to ‘work hard’.   And getting to that state probably varies with people.  Someone can produce something and say, “I worked hard on this”, and we tend to take their word for it.  Sometimes it shows, sometimes it doesn’t.  But still, it’s an amorphous and vague thing to aim for, or plan for.  “Try harder” or “Do better” are generalisations, and therefore allow for lack of accountability.