Does Hard Work = Better Future?

I feel like we’re having another one of those “we didn’t need a study to know this already” type studies… 

But here we go: 

• It has been found that a growing number of people no longer believe that working harder guarantees a better future. 

Over the past decade or so, surveys and social research have found that a steady decline in confidence in their future’s has been found among the younger generations. 

On top of this, a 2023 global study found that many people felt the link between hard work and financial security has weakened. Why? 

Factors like: 

These are all playing a larger role than ever before. 

Coupled with: 

The decline in future confidence is also reflected in changing workplace attitudes, where burnout, job hopping, and quiet quitting are often tied to a deeper sense that extra effort is not fairly recognized or rewarded. 

When belief in the system fades, motivation starts to follow. 

Thoughts?