I like this, but also on some level I feel like it's nothing more than inspirational "rah-rah" garbage.
I wish he would have expanded on it.
A great example of the distinction from my younger days:
We had the game GranTurismo2 back when I was 12 or so.
We wanted the really fancy "best" car in the game.
The right way to get the good cars is to improve your skill and gain access to the higher level races that have bigger prizes.
That's the "hard work" part.
What we did instead was do one of the easy races over and over and over again for a couple days until we had enough saved up in the game to buy the car.
That's "long work"
It's stupid and boring and no fun.
If you want a fulfilling life, go for the "hard work".
Which I guess is also just a stupid "rah-rah" inspirational quip.
I wish he would have expanded on it.
A great example of the distinction from my younger days:
We had the game GranTurismo2 back when I was 12 or so.
We wanted the really fancy "best" car in the game.
The right way to get the good cars is to improve your skill and gain access to the higher level races that have bigger prizes.
That's the "hard work" part.
What we did instead was do one of the easy races over and over and over again for a couple days until we had enough saved up in the game to buy the car.
That's "long work"
It's stupid and boring and no fun.
If you want a fulfilling life, go for the "hard work".
Which I guess is also just a stupid "rah-rah" inspirational quip.