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ImPostingOnHNtoday at 1:15 PM3 repliesview on HN

Maybe in yours?

Someone can want a thing, even very badly, without wanting to put in the work for it.

Conversely, someone can work very hard for something they do not want.

The linkage between wanting a thing and wanting to do the work to get it is not absolute, or necessary there at all.


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s3r3nitytoday at 1:53 PM

Did they stop teaching "actions speak louder than words" in schools, or something?

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CryptoBankertoday at 5:20 PM

There’s a difference between being interested in getting good at something and being good at something

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dansotoday at 4:19 PM

> Someone can want a thing, even very badly, without wanting to put in the work for it.

Generally, such highly-motivated people end up being thieves and grifters