When it comes to having a work ethic, I always go to
the ant, consider its ways and try to be wise and I observe these two things about them:

The ant ‘has no commander, no overseer or ruler’, no
body has to get it out of bed in the morning or coax it
to get moving. Nobody supervises its work or enforce
quality standards on it. Nobody needs to
micromanage its time on the job or make sure it
starts punctuality. It’s self-motivated and driven by its
own high standards, not by rules, regulations or the
fear of being fired.

The ant is no haphazard, disorganized drifter
wandering around aimlessly, looking for something
to do. He knows exactly what he’s there for and
where and how to do it. He’s a goal-directed, focused,
determined and unstoppable. You can’t keep a good
ant down!

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