Efforts are multi-faceted, meaning they could be viewed in different dimensions. These include but are not limited to physical strength, mental capacity, time, emotions, etc.
Efforts could be quantified as excess, little, or appropriate. Efforts in this manner could be qualified as appropriate or inappropriate.
The intent of every effort is to obtain a result, which could be positive (in most circumstances) or negative (on rare occasions). Some efforts can be geared towards having a bad outcome, such as when armed robbers make efforts to harm innocent citizens. However, most often, efforts are targeted for positive results.
Ever heard of wasted efforts or work done at zero? This happens when efforts are not directional. Speed was differentiated from velocity in regards to its lack of direction, meaning an object without direction lacked velocity.
I will not deny that some things come to us by sheer luck, miracle, coincidence, or inheritance. These are things that efforts do not necessarily buy, but, in a simple term, come to us on a platter of gold. Yet, we can tag those things as achievements since they belong to us. Nonetheless, most things acquired require significant effort, no matter how minimal they may look. And humanity generally puts in a lot of effort to achieve the small and big things of life.
My early childhood was filled with a lot of playfulness. This earned me my first class repeat in life. My reception class had to be repeated as mandated by my father, even though I had the opportunity to promote on probation. I really felt terrible and sober after that incident, and my level of playfulness reduced a little. This indicated that I was at the bottom of my class academically. The struggle continued, and I seemed not to be making headway in my academics. In my primary two, a student replied, safe-safer-safest (I really can’t remember what was asked; this is only an illustration), and when I was asked for my answer, I replied with a good-gooder-goodest (😂): that was absurd, right?
My dad realized I needed extra efforts to meet up with my classmates, and he was kind enough to engage a private tutor for me (the funny thing was that I came across my tutor last year when he came to do a registration in my office), which improved my academics significantly. There were days I wanted to avoid the lesson period totally; on one occasion, I told him I was sick, and he told me to still sit and get tutored. He saw through my lie and told me that "was" was in the past, which meant I was fine already. There was the day I was asked to complete a statement like, "Let sleeping dogs...." Well, I was in primary five or six, and my answer was, "SLEEP" (😂) The good part of it is that, in my national common entrance examination, I came second in Kwara State with a score of 585, being outrun by another who scored 586. I was the pride of my family and that of the school.
Medical school is a different war zone where your scores could be lower than your shoe sizes. Some things just would not stick to the brain, and even when you thought you'd mastered something, the dimension of the questions in the examination hall would dazzle you and make you feel much more unprepared for the career. At some points, I stopped being moved by those scores; I survived the depression of not having good results for my many efforts and lived in the positive euphoria of letting life have its course. Well, I had a repeat in medical school, not because I was not brilliant on average but perhaps due to some other logistics. The good part was that, eventually, I graduated as I hoped.
Some lessons to note:
A. Not every result requires effort such as some achievements as a result of sheer luck or inheritance.
B. Not all results are commensurate with the efforts put in.
C. Most things in life require effort, no matter how little.
D. Efforts could come in the form of mental and time commitments.
E. Efforts need to be channeled in the right direction to avoid getting zero work done.
F. Efforts need to be intensified where the need arises.
Sometimes, we need to reduce our efforts to re-strategize for a better result.
Thank you for reading. I would love to have your comments and contributions. 🤗
Everything you said was accurate but in some cases,all is not just about effort. I think 'luck' can also be a factor. Most people, irrespective of the amount of effort being put into something, they still end up acquiring negative outcome. Life is sad frfr.
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Thank you for your wise comment, time and chance happens to all
Why did we follow the same path?😄😄
Mine happened in primary 3. I failed woefully and I was made to repeat that class. But after, I picked up the bookworm spirit in me🙈
😂
Thank God we are winning eventually
You've said a lot of insightful things. First off, I wanna congratulate you for being such an intelligent person even though you had an interesting and funny academic Beginning.
And also say that you're right on the fact that not all results are stemmed from effort but pure luck.
You write really well JJ.
Thank you so much dear friend. I'm glad you like my style.
I'm honoured
Enjoyed the post and the story.
I usually tell it a little different. I usually tell people--Have a goal that you are working towards. If your effort is going to that goal your heading the right direction. Maybe fast, maybe slow, but progress is progress.
I will also tell people...Prioritize your efforts. Spending the most time on the least important is a waste. Always get the stuff done that has the biggest reward for the least effort first. Which goes along with always work on the most important thing first as you will never regret getting the important things done...the little stuff can wait.
Hive is also a perfect example that more work doesnt mean more reward. Some posts that got my most work turned out to be worth 5 cents. Some posts that I rambled off with little effort were worth over $10. Weird how that goes sometimes.
Again,
Thanks for posting.
You're very correct. Being hardworking isn't enough, direction and priority are vital
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"not all results requires effort.."
Not 100% sure what you mean by that, but agree with most of what you said especially that efforts need to be channeled in the right direction. I can relate
Thank you very much, some achievements come by sheer luck or inheritance
Thank you for your kind comments
Well, glad that your effort was not wasted at some point, as you became the second-best student in kwara state.
Also, they are lots of days where effort doesn't equate to results, and we have to keep pushing and hoping for the best as we push ahead.
Glad that you are not weekend by the result of your medical school grades. At times seems just happens like that. thanks for sharing
Thank you for your kind comment
you are welcome brother
I enjoyed this piece. Luck also plays a part in our results.
Thank you dear friend
Hahaha 😂. Maybe that is what I should start doing. Don't bother about my scores because it sometimes make me feel as if I am not trying my best.
Thanks for sharing
When we fail it helps us too. stay focused and do better, look.at you now, ain't proud of yourself?
Yes dear, it's worth thanking God for
Whether success or failure, one should be convinced that he or she put in his best. If I put my best in anything and I don't scale through, I see it an opportunity to have an experience for better attempt in future. Once efforts is put in place, results is not absolutely under one's control. Some successes comes in form of coincidence, same way with failures.
Thank you for your wise comment. I'm grateful
Someone told me life is unfair. This is because we cannot totally rely on effort or luck sometimes, we are just lucky either by putting in more efforts or not even trying our best.
Hmmm
That's deep
Hmmm nahh i dont believe in good luck charm, i believe we create our own luck and opportunities or others create it for us. For instance a guy inherited his fathers wealth, his father created the luck and opportunity for him working hard. Or getting a well paid job, the luck and opportunity was created whe the person applied for the job reluctantly
Hmmm
That's another perspective however, time and chance happens to all
Yahhhh☺️☺️
Indeed not every result require effort and vise versa... Life is very strange sometimes you think you have understood something until life brings it in a dimension beyond your imagination
And then, at that point we let go of the struggles to let nature take it's course.
Thank you for your wise contribution friend
For one to achieve his goals, he needs to put in his efforts to see that he accomplishes it. I also agree that some things come to us by luck but then, the value added to what one achieved through his sweat and hard work, is always higher than the one gotten by luck or inheritance (which is another's effort).
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You're right too, there's an effort to every win even if it's indirectly. Thank you
Honestly so this is obtainable in all schools 😂😂
It's a whole different world here, the 50 I get with just CA in secondary school is what I struggle to get even with exam and ospe plus osce... It's just crazy.
Just like you said, it's not always a question of getting what we put in, sometimes life happens.
May God help crown our efforts with success nevertheless for we've tries
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Amen dear friend, the end will definitely favour us
Thank you for your contribution
Exactly
I vividly remember my days when I was also very playful. Wasted a lot of time and effort doing useless things. I wished I had taken life more seriously back then and strategize a plan for it. Great post :)
Thank you dear friend