[帥] Work Smart, Not Hard

Work Smart, Not Hard

作者: 元帥

She was new to the team.

Young, confident, and blunt.

We hadn’t worked together for long when,one afternoon, in the middle of a task, she suddenly said to me:

“Sis, you know what? You always look for the easier way to work. But life’s not that easy. If you keep choosing the easy path, when hardship hits, you will cry hard! “

I was stunned. For a long time, I have had no response for that statement.

Her words stayed with me. I kept thinking: Was she right? Am I avoiding challenges? Am I just being lazy?

And then it hit me – no. I simply chose the path that works best for me.

But I didn’t talk back – not because I had nothing to say, but because I knew:

When someone hasn’t walked your path or seen your effort, no explanation will ever be enough.

She thought I was afraid of hardship. But she doesn’t know me. She has no idea how many tough roads I’ve already walked, how many sleepless nights I’ve endured, how much silent struggle I’ve carried just to show up and get things done. What she didn’t see is this: the pain and the lessons life gave me taught me that taking the smoother route isn’t weakness – it’s wisdom.

If life offers you a simpler path, why wouldn’t you take it? Why do we feel the need to prove our strength by choosing unnecessary difficulty?

I’ve never passed my responsibilities to others. I’ve never asked anyone to do more because I chose to do less. I simply found a way to live and work with more ease, on my own terms.

She has her way of doing things, and I let her keep it. I chose not to argue, not to lecture, and not to expect her to understand.

Still, I had something I wished I could say. Maybe one day she’ll understand – not from me, but from life itself.

Some lessons can only be taught by time. And some silences – you learn only through growing up.

親愛的朋友們，如果我真心希望你們好，我不會希望你們吃很多的苦，就像父母永遠希望自己的孩子不會被人欺負一樣。”怕吃苦” 和 “選擇簡單的路” 不是一種軟弱。它也許是更聰明，更成熟也更高效的選擇。

我常説：“We should so much appreciate if the life give us the easy way to live.”

“吃苦當吃補” 的理論已經過時了。如果我們可以幸運到走一條比較平順的路，我們只需要心存感激，而不是拿著 “吃苦 ” 儅榮耀、要求別人也要受苦才算正確。

經過思考，我很確信，我不需要向一個不瞭解我的人證明什麽。我尊重每個人的選擇活法和説話方式的自由。

她沒走過我走的路，沒經歷我經歷過的事，就不會選擇我選擇的生活。

最後，我選擇對她保持距離，我也沒有資格用她”教育“我的方法，同樣也對她進行”説教“。我只想不動聲色地保留我的自尊與清醒。

懂得自洽，也許也是一種能力。

與君共勉

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