So I've got this debate...
My Side : Smartness
I need some points if any of you is kind enough to help. Thanks!
monkeymaximus wrote:So you want to prove smartness is more important than hard work, correct? Here are some points I would try arguing.
- Hard work in the wrong direction is useless. You have to be smart enough to make the right decision first.
- Smarter people can usually get the job done faster and with less mistakes. (more efficient, so they can get 2-100x more done)
- Sometimes hard work just isn't enough. If you aren't smart some doors will always be closed to you. For example good luck becoming a nuclear physicist without being smart to begin with.
- In todays society things move much faster. At work you need to be smart in order to keep up with things and do things efficiently. Working hard at it means you will get the work done but probably at a slower pace as it will take longer to understand the concepts. Its hard to compete with someone who gets the work done faster and potentially better than you. Also in a meeting you need to be quick on your feet... smarter folk are usually quicker at thinking and thus quicker on their feet.
- Hard work doesn't always compensate for a lack of common sense.
If you get to set the definitions I would be sure to define common sense as one of the attributes of smartness. Its hard to be truly successful without common sense... and then you can add a bunch of bullet points off that.
ace wrote:Don't forgot then you can be the smartest man in the world but you won't get off your lazy butt if you don't work hard towards something I think the two go hand in hand though, and anyone can become "smart" if they put the work in towards their goal. The one thing you can't teach is common sense, but like I said I feel like those go hand in hand, if you have any common sense you will probably know the value of hard work.
For instance, I know some pretty "smart" people at school, but when they actually do something as trivial as basic single stage reloading (ammo) they act like they don't have any common sense, and try to cut corners because they are lazy instead of paying attention to what they are doing.
Just saying, remember you can have all the knowledge in the world, but without working hard towards a goal then that future nuclear physicist won't be successful if he doesn't want to put the necessary work in.
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