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This is my final speech that I've corrected.  

A hard work. What do you feel when you hear this word? Does it sound unpleasant or uncomfortable for you?

I believe, many of us are afraid of hard work. We don’t like it. Any time we hear the sentence “you have to write a speech, do several tasks and then post them in your blogs till Monday”, we want just throw up our hands helplessly and say to ourselves “Oh…is it starting again?”

What is our biggest problem? Is it a time pressure and great difficulties? Unbearable demands of work? Or is it something else?

These questions lead me to my thesis: a hard work is not your enemy but it is your friend.

Today I’d like to speak about hard work, namely, how we see it, how we should see it and what we should do to start working hard.

First, hard work is always a stress and pressure. Since school we consider any work as our duty. If any work is a duty, we have to fulfill it in a good way to get noticed and praised.  When I was a child, my grandmother always told me that everybody had responsibilities to fulfill, even schoolchildren. That’s why I had to work hard because I felt I was always evaluated by my strict grandmother. I used to working very hard because I still feel this pressure on me.       

Besides, the harder our task is, the harder our brains work. Jean Piaget, a famous Swiss philologist, believes that any activity is a complicated process of our working brain that includes several important components – first, a person is aware what he has to do, secondly, he forces himself to perform the task, then, he considers the way how to do it and, finally, picks up the necessary operations for the task. The better result we want, the more effort we should make – and there comes our fears. We are afraid of being mistaken.

Secondly, you should remember, a hard work is also a key to success. In addition, it does not matter who you are and where you come from – everyone is equal before life. If you want to succeed in some scope of action, you should fight your demons – laziness, weariness and resist different temptations. Everything is possible if you are ready to work hard. There are so many examples of people who completely changed their lives only spending more time on work. Even though, our abilities are limited. Some month ago Miles Hilton-Barber was shown on Tv. Watching this man sailing around the world, no one can imagine him to be completely blind. When he was 18, he studied to be a pilot but he started losing his sight and lost it at the age of 20. However, he didn’t give up on his dream and through a hard work became a traveller.

So, what should we do to push ourselves and start working? Our biggest problem is that we see it as a hard work. But we have to find it helpful and pleasant. We should find it motivational, too. For instance, if you face with a heavy project, imagine that it is only a piece of a puzzle that will help you in the future career. Then, make your work more enjoyable. Sometimes it’s better to carry on some things together – do the boring task with your friends.  Just do the first step!

Overall,  though the phrase “hard work” has the word “hard”, it doesn’t mean something impossible. Some people are afraid of it because they think there is pressure on them and the work demands a lot energy and effort. But, only through a hard work we can achieve everything we want. The only thing we should be aware is that everything is possible. Just be loyal to your dreams and hold your course. If you work hard, you will be at the top of a mountain – that is life!