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Some people think that hard work helps in achieving financial success while others think it is not the only thing that contributes to financial success. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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It has long been a subject of discussion whether only hard
work
 helps to get financial
success
 or there are other factors that contribute to financial
success
. Proponents of hard
work
 believe that commercial
success
 can only
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chieved by doing hard
work
, while others think that it is not the only
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key factor. In order to see whether the latter outdo the former, we need to look at both sides of the debate. Primarily, by doing hard
work
, one can enjoy several benefits
such
 as confidence, appreciation, respect and the like. On the one hand, with the benefits of hard
work
, most of the time people can achieve
success
. On the other, hard
work
 in any field will give you a lot of knowledge which will help to thrive in that particular field.
Besides
, hard
work
 plays a key role to reach the desired targets. Examples of these scenarios can be seen in many workplaces where employees are promoted as managers or CEOs by their hard
work
. Admittedly, it is true that hard
work
 will help you to achieve
success
 in various fields including financial
success
, but one can not underestimate the importance of smart
work
 in achieving commercial
success
. Not only can smart
work
 help you to earn money, but
also
 can make you achieve it more efficiently. Even if hard
work
 fails, with smart
work
 we can manage to get
success
. There are a lot of examples in the modern world where people earn billions of dollars with only smart
work
. People like Bill Gates became the world richest person with smart
work
. Of course, the need for hard
work
 is instrumental indeed, but smart
work
 is the thing which makes it easier. In conclusion, I would not wish to underestimate the importance of hard
work
 gaining financial
success
.
Nevertheless
, I feel that with help of smart
work
 it is easy.
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