does working hard every truly pay off or is it like a life time commitment?

It depends on your job, some jobs you can bust your ass on and never get anyware.

What do you mean by pay off?

if you work hard and never have fun
then when you dont have to work hard and have the money to have fun youre to old!

so its worth it yes but just remember to have fun along the way

i did hard work definitely pays off, ive worked my ass off to become better than my mom, and have surpassed her in so many ways at this point in my life, and im still working hard, i think u need to commit to it thru out life, but as you move up, you can put some of the load on the people below you, no disrespect to them.

depends upon what your internal idea of rewards are...

Pay offs come in many different fashions- tangible and non

i mean is there any real self satisfaction or are you really going anywhere by working your ass off? i do heating and cooling systems and i do the best job on every call that i can cause i try to put myself in the customers position. but i still have a boss up my tail. i still getting yelled at for no reason by customers "cause its hot out side" or what ever. and in acouple yaers i might be going back to their house hopefully wont before like 14 years lol but i try and try and never seem to get anywhere.

(((Shadow))) what a beautiful baby boy..

Lilith going to sit and watch this one...

man i know it can suck but the way the economy is right now you maybe thankful you have a job cause there is alot of people out there wishing they were working just dont let it bother you so much and try to look for something better.

My pay off is that I do the best job I can do each and every day. I don't hate what I do, because of how I frame it. My boss expects miracles and gets mad and bytches sometimes, so what? It's not personal, it is a job. She gets over it and it rarely, if ever, bothers me. She is a brilliant woman who has taught me so much I cannot even start to list.

I personally find my job rewarding. I get to help people, society, and what I do is valued and needed. Each person's profession contributes to society in some way.

That is the payoff I need. And part of that is a lifetime committment.

Try reframing what you do and look at it differently. Perspective and attitude are really 90% of any job.

I think it pays off, I get satisfaction out of a job well done

well i guess it depends on who you work for. i worked in heating and cooling and loved every minute of it. well except crawling under houses that look like somthing from the blair witch project lol. work hard for what u want and it pays off but if you work hard for someone else it pays off for them.

Perspective and attitude are really 90% of any job. very true

thanx for all the input.