How many people have been poisoned by the phrase 'If you work hard, you will succeed'?

We've been fed the idea since childhood that 'if you work hard, you can achieve anything you want.' So we work overtime until late at night, sacrificing our health and time with family, and not even allowing ourselves a moment to breathe, believing that success is just around the corner if we just hang on a little longer. It wasn't until recently, when I heard that a senior colleague who worked extremely hard had to leave due to overwork and illness, that I was harshly awakened – in life, choices and luck are often more important than blind effort. Blind effort is often just a way to cover up a lack of direction by 'looking busy.' True clarity is knowing how to apply effort on the right track: 1. Stop self-感动 (self-感动 means moving yourself with your own efforts, often without external validation or results): Working overtime until midnight doesn't mean you're productive. Stopping to check your direction at the right time is more valuable than just pushing through. 2. Acknowledge luck and limitations: If some results are not satisfactory, it's not necessarily because you're not good enough, but perhaps the timing was wrong or the direction was incorrect. Don't take all the responsibility on yourself. 3. Leaving room is the long-term path: Life is not a one-way street. Knowing how to rest and leaving yourself some room to retreat allows you to go further. After letting go of the obsession with 'having to succeed,' I felt much more relaxed. Effort is certainly important, but please remember to use it to protect your health and happiness, not to torture yourself.