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As a believer of the hard work = success school of thought, I came to thinking about the components of hard work, namely, while we know the synonyms or results of hardwork (time & effort, and accolades & rewards), there isn't really an 'adjective' that one's mind can easily digest.
Leave it to me, the amateur philosoph-izer extraordinaire to do so for the good of humanity. The first adjective I want to use is "intense". As defined by Webster's dictionary:
1 a: existing in an extreme degree
2 a: feeling deeply especially by nature or temperament b: deeply felt
I'll make it even simpler for you, intense or intensity is the mental state in which you feel there is a roaring, blue-flame, conflagration under your ass. One that without completion of your current task, no one will put out.
Personally, I prefer adjectives with physical action descriptors. To me, intensity means to "push". Whether work or recreation, when I know the effort I put forth would suffice, I tend to stay longer and push harder because I know at the end of the day, the results do show. These results may not appear at first, or even at all to the public, but it doesn't have to. To know that I can is an intrinsic reward, and one I cherish most.
