[jyl]

I have a strong work ethic - it comes from being Chinese and being lectured all the time about how our family were war refugees, escaped from the Japanese then the Communists, hid in trenches and fields during bombing, drank rice paddy water, yadda yadda. And then having my dad sit me down as explain that we didn't have any money so we might have to go on welfare, he couldn't replace my broken glasses, etc etc. But as I get older, I increasingly try to work smarter rather than work longer. I figure its still a work ethic but a more refined version.