Lots of people talk about how bad it is to just work harder. “Work smarter!” they say. Working harder becomes counterproductive at some point. Doing more of the wrong thing makes things worse.
Noise, mostly. Justifications. Excuses for why it’s ok to browse the internet or eat frozen yogurt.
How many people reach the boundary of effort, sweat, pain? How often have I reached the point where the curve turns concave? Damn few times.
Give it all you have until you hit an obvious wall, matter what you’re working on. Working harder has a beneficial quality all of its own, quite apart from the results it creates.
Mantra: grit.
Say it.
Edit. Listen to TheWarrior Poet’s podcast 43 again. Get a bit of nuance to the hard-core mode. Hardcore is useful, but . . . not always. “Too much is never enough” does not always get you what you want.