What’s the problem with working hard?
Working hard is subjective. What’s hard to you may be easy to me. Time is tangible, hard is subjective. Time is real and “hard work” is only in the mind. So if you want more accomplished in a day, you put in more time in a day. When you want to get more accomplished, you work more. You don’t “work harder” because that’s not real, you work more. You don’t put in some “extra hard” in a day, you put in extra time. Just work more and don’t quit.
They say that success is a marathon and not a sprint. And it’s correct. If you want success tomorrow, well, you’re out of luck my friend. Consistent work beats out hard work. How much can you get done in only one day? How much can you get done if you work for 1 year? You put in the hours and things start moving forward. Bit by bit. Step by step.
Even if your job is chopping trees, you don’t want to chop harder because then you want have energy to chop the next tree. You want to find a steady pace and chop consistently.