There's a real problem with the following piece of advice: work hard.
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.
Time is what is required of you if you ever want to create something of value, as this video clearly explains…
(Below you can read the complete text of the video)
I just posted the Five Years of Pride happy birthday article.
And in the comments for that article, I got a lot of comments saying… Congratulations on all your success. You deserve it because you worked so hard.
And that statement is half true. I do deserve it. But not because I worked hard. Because I didn't work hard.
I simply worked more and did not quit.
Hard work had nothing to do with it. What is hard about typing on the computer? Nothing is hard about what I do.
And I keep saying it. And you guys don't want to believe me. You think I'm lying to you about working hard when I don't work hard.
I just work more and I don't quit.
Chopping trees is a hard job. That would be hard. But I don't chop trees. I type words on a computer.
And if my job was to chop trees, chopping trees harder would not be beneficial because I would burn out faster.
I would find a way that I could chop trees efficiently, not harder.
Because I would want to get through the day and every single day and not be burnt out.
So working harder even if you have a hard job is stupid advice.
They say that success is a marathon and not a sprint. And it's correct.
If you want success tomorrow, well, you're shit out of luck.
Because even working hard is not going to give you success that working consistently will give you. Consistent work is what pays off.
And again I get these guys e‑mailing me saying… I've been at it for two months, six months, a year and I haven't seen success yet.
And I say, of course you haven't, you fucking retard.
It takes consistency. It does not happen overnight. It does not happen fast like that.
You know how much I made the first year? I made zero. The first year.
You know how much I made the second year? $15,000 U.S., second year.
It does not happen overnight.
And hard work again ‑‑ hard work has nothing to do with it.
Consistent work beats out hard work.
What is hard work anyway? Somebody types harder than you? Somebody makes YouTube videos harder than you?
See, hard work is just a way to not do any actual work. It's just a thing you say… Oh, I'm a hard worker, bro. I work so hard. He just works harder than you. You're just jealous because he works harder than you.
How does anybody work harder than you? You're either working or not working.
Somebody works more than you. Nobody works harder than you.
You hear this bullshit about people in shape, and people accused them of steroids, and some dorks will say…
“No, he just works hard in the gym. He just does dumbbell curls really hard and that's how he got that physique.
Wasn't because he in the gym every day for 10 years.
Wasn't because he took steroids, it's because he did fucking dumbbell curls harder than anyone else.”
But I've illustrated my point that hard work is ‑‑ it's a fairytale. It's not real. It's not how you get success.
You put in the work every day and in every way you are consistent. There's nothing hard about it.
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.
If you're online and trying to make money you need to be consistent.
So many of these guys give up. They work hard, they work hard for a month or two.
They don't see anything and then they give up.
I worked consistent for five years.
I told you I made $15,000 the second year. That's a joke. That's a joke of money, I could spend that tonight.
That could just disappear from my account and I wouldn't even ‑‑ I wouldn't even know. I wouldn't even notice it.
Hard work is for suckers. Consistent work is for winners.
Be the winner. Be consistent.
Forget about when the dorks say work hard.
Just work more.
Until next time.
Your man,
-Victor Pride
PS - Consistent content is the key to making money online. Step one is Badnet, step two is consistent content, and step three….? As the girls in Thailand like to say, up to you.
I like the video + transcript. I prefer reading. Thanks for posting that on the recent videos.
Consistency over time will get results.
Build strong habits today.
Good work Victor.
Thanks Dude.
Thank you Victor your work has given me hope for myself i understand what i means to be consistent i have had my past triumphs and now i will use those experiences to fuel my work i have recently stopped mentally masturbaiting and actually started getting work done your right its not working harder its working more and i have put making money on the back burner at the the moment because i know its not gonna happen over night instead i will focus only on creating content i will spend ever free second i have working more more more mark my words
Thanks J.
Just watched the video. Hell of a funny shit, man. I agree, ‘hard work’ is something of a stupid idea. Then again, I think that most people do not take the words literally as you do in this video. Nevertheless, you make a couple good points besides that.
But let’s face reality here. Not everyone who writes 2 years consistently will be successful. Not as much as you, not half as much, not a 100th as much, not at all. I don’t know what the secret is; if I knew, I’d be a big player, I guess. Maybe it has to do with following your gut and giving the world exactly what you personally have to offer. You actually wrote that somewhere I think.
But when I look around in the manosphere blog aggregator, there is a shitload of blogs that are basically just copies of your site. And I don’t even take most of them seriously, because I think ‘Here’s another somebody who’s trying to be Victor Pride’.
Even consistent work will not turn a shitty project into a success.
It’s fact that not everyone is original, one in a crowd.
Thanks Tom.
Right on Vic! Most people especially in the online field fall victim to the shiny object syndrome. Consistency is the key,
Thanks KS!
This is really true, we all tend to burn out ourselves and then do nothing for days. Praise Vic!
Thank Princip.
This is a good point. I’ve never worked hard either. I just keep going.
““I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”
I’d recommend checking out Sylvester Stallone’s incredible story to success. It’s been my inspiration for years while I was still a hamster running in the corporate wheel.
Thanks for writing this article, as I believe it’s something that’s missing from the success advice out there.
Thanks Russ.
Consistency is key.
Measuring yourself next to others is a trap. Leads to excuse-making.
What is a hard workload for others is normal for me, and so might mine seem to someone else.
Taking it up one notch a day doesn’t seem big at first, but after a year, the man in the metaphorical mirror suddenly sees a different beast.
I owe lots to this site and to you.
Anyways, killing it CONSISTENTLY Uncle Vic, this article is no exception. One thousand thanks to you
The question is, why does consistency work better than hard work? Is it that when you’re consistent, you allow yourself MORE time to make mistakes and learn from them? Or is it something else?
I think most people hear this “consistency thing” and are still left clueless as to what to do and why it works.
What exactly is consistency?
Is it writing an article per day for 3 years? 5 years?
Is it researching ways to make your blog better and trying different things?
Is it both of those things and more?
I think the answer to this question is what people (including myself) are really seeking.
I personally don’t want the shortcuts to success, I just want to make sure I’m doing what works regardless of how long it takes.
I’d also like to touch on what people are saying about others “copying” Victor.
Victor writes about the most common/important categories that men seek information on. If other’s (again, including myself) don’t write about business, money, health, motivation, and so on; what is their left to write about?
My opinion is that unless someone is literally copying and pasting Victor’s articles into their blog, it isn’t considered copying.
I’ve read Victor’s articles and have tried some of the things he’s written about. I then went on and wrote my OWN experience, in my OWN words, and delivered it to my audience. If that’s copying, then consider me guilty. But last I checked, a blog’s purpose is to teach others things you’ve learned through your experiences.
The goal of a blog (if you’re trying to monetize it by helping others) is to provide an IMMENSE amount of information/value so that when someone finds you on the internet, you offer them more than just the answer they seek. In other words, you offer solutions to more than just ONE problem they might have. From that point forward, you gain their trust and ultimately convert them into a customer.
Share your thoughts and opinions, B&D Army!
I welcome all comments. Let it rip!
Consistency isn’t all that complicated, it really just means showing up and doing the work. You do something every day, at a pace you can maintain. If you can maintain an article a day, you do an article a day. If you can maintain two hours of writing a day, you do two hours of writing a day.
For me, the amount of effort I can put towards something varies day by day. How much effort I put forward definitely matters, but it doesn’t matter nearly as much as being consistent. If I’m away from something for more than a day, I lose momentum. If I’m away from it for a week, I lose the desire to get back to it at all.
I can’t say exactly why - it’s like in my mind that thing is finished. I’ve already moved on. Getting back to it isn’t impossible, but it’s extremely difficult. The desire’s gone, the momentum’s gone. It takes strong external forces to get back to it, and that’s usually not gonna happen.
But going from 8 hours a day to 20 minutes a day, then ramping back up to 8? Yeah, that’s possible. The climb might be hard, but it’s doable.
It took me most of my life to realize this. In hindsight it’s very obvious: every time I didn’t finish something it’s because I’ve been away from it for too long. Put another way: Every time I accomplished something, it’s because I made sure to keep coming back to it.
I’m beating the dead horse at this point, but I want to point out the one major thing I should have learned from public school. Before summer vacation, school is a grind, but it’s a grind you can live with. After summer vacation school is a fucking nightmare you’re forced to go through. That’s the power of consistency.
Yes, work consistently.
And make sure to put important work first, and not unimportant work later.
*and unimportant work later.
I love this post, seriously, I keep telling myself work hard but I was thinking what the hell is hard work anyway? Thanks, hard work looks so tiring! consistency is better!
Thanks Ruqia.
This article couldn’t have had better timing. Thank you, Victor.
Thanks Robert.
Awesome. I love that you put it out there, man. And you change the way I think about shit. Blows my mind.
Just the other day I was thinking about why a side project I was working on wasn’t panning out like I thought and after some reflection i realized it’s because I wasn’t putting a daily effort into it.
Great article, man.
Thank you.
Thank you for another great article, Victor! You nailed it: consistency and optimization are the key for doing it smart. Keep winning and keep inspiring!
Thank you Aleks.
Looking back, no success I’ve ever had in life came from hard work. Consistent determined effort ruled the day.
“You can’t just be great for one game, its about being consistently great over a long period of time” (something like that)
-Greg Popovich, Coach, San-Antonio Spurs 2004-2005 NBA Finals
Great quote!
Few years ago when I took BJJ and Judo class (it was half session of BJJ and other half session consisting of Judo), I showed up to every class, always early and helped the instructor by setting up the mats and cleaning the area and getting ready. I showed up, get owned and submitted by everyone including the smaller guys, learned my ins and outs and eventually told myself that I was going to master one submission move.
Three months past, I was able to submit someone using Kimura lock. I went through frustrations at first trying to learn how to do it, felt embarrassed that I got owned. I could have thrown in and called it quits when my shoulder and back landed hard on the floor (outside the mats) and was in serious pain. But I just applied ointments, tiger balm, and bengay and continued to show up. Eventually I also learned triangle choke and armbar but my favorite was always the Kimura.
Trying to do BJJ in a friend’s garage was difficult because of lack of space. I said, “why don’t we do it outside”. Who cares if the weather is not right condition, all we need is our focus and mindset. Snow, rain, sun, … it didn’t matter.
So we ended up practicing BJJ with a friend of mine outside in the cold when it was snowing. Just me, the dude with Gi and on the cold weathers of plain white blankets of snow layers and field. Used heavy rubber bands, tied it to a tree and practiced movements of uchi mata. Practiced variety of BJJ guards and movements. We had to do it inconspicuously so we made as far away from visible homes as possible as we didn’t want neighbors to call the cops but eventually nothing happened and we were able to practice.
This was Consistent Work.
“Fucking retard”?
Bravo. That’s what success gives you, the right to shit on people on the way up.
Cry more.
“From childish swipes the oak will eventually tumble”
Awesome article!
great quote Marc.
Thanks Marc!
Well it sure is a motivation to read such honest and effective articles. thank you, Victor.
Thank you George.
Victor Pride ‘And step three….? As the girls in Thailand like to say, up to you!’
Fuckin love that shit!
My man.
I worked almost constantly the last 3 years.
But a mistake I did was to not work EFFECTIVELY and stick to only 1-3 projects.
Finally I have narrowed in and made a plan that I’m working on right now.
But keep in the back of your head to:
1; do work all the time - on your computer, smartphone or talking to people - and
2; MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK IS TAKING YOU CLOSER TO YOUR GOAL.
My man.
I like your thoughts, I skipped to the bottom to write this, then I will read. I found you after looking up Modafinil.
I am 100mg right now.
I NEED you to write more articles on your opinion of AMERICAN WOMEN.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?
I know feminism started after civil rights and is a sham to break up marriages and give the kids over the to the state. Too much testosterone in these girls, I know that’s because of low fat, low quality meat, high sugar refined diets, caffeine.
All I see is a bunch of resting bitch faces and lonely confused, hurt puppy dogs that have no idea what the fuck is happening to them. Talking themselves short of breath and shutting off the heart. Grace and shyness has been pumped out of every last college freshman female who got alcohol poisoning and had to go to the ER.
Your man,
Erik the German Oak
This is a blog on positivity and building, not on complaining and bitching.
http://victorpride.com/victor-pride-qa-part-2/
Listen from
21:43 to 21:58
I wouldn’t be surprised to see some content like this soon (ish).
*You know how much i made the first year?I made Zero.The the first year. *
Grammar mistake (two time the*)
Great article btw
Thanks!
FIRE.
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That’s why 30 DoD is such a huge success. It actually works!
Yes.
Working more isn’t the full answer. Leverage your work is the key. You have people who sit 80 hours a week in the office, who earn 5k a month and you have people like Mark Zuckerberg, how are sitting 50-60 hours in the office and earn billions.
Yes.
Consistency is the biggest issue for most people, I think.
I’m an AVP at a “too big to fail.” I did “enough” right, consistently enough, to get here.
Had a lot of help along the way, parents sending me to college, being bright, working enough to get decent grades.
But I’ve not been consistent enough, EVER, to get things “right.”
I keep working to correct that, but let me serve as a WARNING to the younger readers here!
I could’ve done better. Could’ve addressed more weaknesses, sooner, and done so more consistently. And I would’ve achieved more.
As it stands, the CONSISTENCY is my biggest weakness. Life gets in the way. I have a lot of projects I want to spend time on, and I end with diffused efforts in the day to day. I’ll pull out all the stops and work harder for a while, say when there’s a massive deadline coming (test 50 applications in 5 months. Done! Worked 60 hours a week, but it’s done.) Guess what?
You just set a new “Normal.” That’s what is now EXPECTED. So you now are EXPECTED to do 60 hours worth of work EVERY week, for the rest of the time you’re there - or you’re slacking. Boss doesn’t care. (Note too, that you’re answering to a boss…)
I can’t speak to entrepreneurial endeavors, except to note that there, consistency is even MORE important.
But working consistently harder, as Victor notes, is suicide.
It means working more, putting in more effort, establishing you can do it, regardless of cost - and that can mean lots of other projects stop getting done. Imagine working so hard that you forget to do payroll….? BIG problem, Uncle Same wants HIS share of YOUR results… And will penalize you, sometimes over 100%.
Don’t kill yourself in the gym for a month, 3 months, a year or two…
Go and consistently train correctly. You’ll find that you actually win there, because it takes less time, you’re building the foundations: proper postures, proper movements, basic strength. If you need to drop a few months, even, you’ll come back without much loss - IF you’re consistent. If you’re inconsistent to begin with, you haven’t set your form, posture, nor built regular strength (ability to exert force in proper forms.) You’ll go and kill it for a few days, weeks, months, and then you’ll need to step out for a bit… And you’ll come back to worse than you started from. AND you’ll have lots of other, new, issues to deal with - Central Nervous System fatigue issues, scar tissue, adhesions, inflexibility, all that fun stuff.
You build the body and mind and your business over a lifetime. That’s the marathon. The Daily Suck. Embrace it, it’s part of being a man. (And not even women get to avoid the Daily Suck.)
But be consistent in your actions, as often as possible, and you’ll build your whole life. Consistent workouts, consistent positive actions (which crowd out all negative actions), and consistent day-to-day steps, and you’ll arrive at your planned destination, and still have energy left.
I hope I’m preaching to the choir here…. ;-)