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Does working hard really make you a good person? | Azim Shariff

TED Business

CHAPTER

How to View Hard Work and Morality in the Workplace

Azim: Why is it that we see mere effort as moral? Azim challenges us to think about how we view hard work and morality. In study after study, people attach moral worth to effort regardless of what that effort produces. Even though Jeff added no extra value, people saw him as virtuous for choosing to keep plugging away.

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