a legacy marked by hard work

photo credit: merobson, http://www.flickr.com/photos/merobson/3334684475/sizes/m/

One of the thoughts that were commonly presented by the firm leaders was the concept of “hard work” or “working hard.” It seems appropriate that architects would be talking about “hard work” because that is one of our signature traits after all. On any campus in the U.S. where there is an architecture school, I venture to assert that not a minute goes by when the building is unoccupied during academic sessions.

We could all agree that thinking about how to work “smarter” is a key goal for any of us. Perhaps, most of all, I am thinking about our privilege in America where hard work is ideally, directly rewarded via Capitalism. We could work our fingers to the bones and not be appropriately compensated if we lived in other areas of the world. So, to me, it was inspirational to hear the stories of the firm leaders who forged their way to success by a devoted belief that a bit of suffering now can yield a bigger return later down the road.