Compléter LL Chapter 43 GapfillVersion en ligne A gapfill based on Chapter 43 of The Last Lecture par John E 1 adult it compounded members hours at worked shortcut hard o'clock tenure I GOT TENURE a year earlier than people usually do . That seemed to impress other junior faculty . " Wow , you got early , " they'd say to me . " What was your secret ? " I said , " It's pretty simple . Call me any Friday night in my office at ten and I'll tell you . " ( Of course , this was before I had a family . ) A lot of people want a . I find the best shortcut is the long way , which is basically two words : work hard . As I see it , if you work more than somebody else , during those hours you learn more about your craft . That can make you more efficient , more able , even happier . Hard work is like interest in the bank . The rewards build faster . The same is true in your life outside of your job . All my life I've felt drawn to ask long - married couples how they were able to stay together . All of them said the same thing : " We . "