Well I don’t agree with what teachers tell us. Hard work can get you somewhere yes but it wouldn’t be the only thing you should do in order to succeed. In my opinion you need a little bit of luck still. Hard work plus luck is the deadly combo. That would get you anywhere you want in life and further. Though not all of us gets that lucky.
I agree with you on this one, if we concentrate on hard work alone things may not work as we expect to be, many wheel barrow pusher, truck drivers,iron benders and weight lifters would have been the richest people on earth if hardwork were to be the only thing that triggers success but the truth is that they are not because may be they are not lucky or is not their time but it not necessarily because they are not hardworking per say, luck is involved in everything and that to me looks like a supernatural thing because it just happen without individual notice, we dont control it, the things I do may not favour you if you do the same, no matter your level of hard work and commitment, in all if we must succeed, what we need is grace, hardwork and luck itself, hard work does not act alone for success to materialized in our lives.