#WorkItWednesday

For #WorkItWednesday let's talk "sweat equity." And sometimes the sweat equity isn't due to physical exertion but mental exertion. Sometimes it's both. But either way, when we invest sweat equity into what we are working on we will enjoy the rewards and the outcomes of it more.

Looking for some reading material on this topic I came across this Forbes article which peaked my curiousity, Hard Work Won't Make You Successful -- But Doing This Will, and I was like whaaaaa? As I read the article I was then like ooooohhhhhhh! Read the article for yourself and you will see how it applies to today's work it. It's the mental exertion I was talking about above.

What's something you need to put some "sweat equity" into? Go and work it!

Comments

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

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