What does Denzel Washington mean when he says "Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship."? Do you have any examples of this from your own experiences? by Victoria LaRoche https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x en-us 2020-06-08 16:36:05 UTC 2025-12-20 10:51:02 UTC hello@padlet.com he is saying that taking the easy path might be efficient but to really get something out of it you have to take the hard path. https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617472770 2020-06-08 18:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617472770 https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617475013 What Denzel means by “ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship” is that when people take a matter in  ease and there is no hardship they are not learning or building up. When someone takes the easy path they don’t learn new things instead they are stuck with the old things over and over again. ]]> 2020-06-08 18:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617475013 Taking the easy way might https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617483139 2020-06-08 18:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617483139 https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617492261 He is saying trying to take the easy path will make you use the skills you already have but when you experience new challenges you adapt and learn new skills that allow you to grow and become better,  but if one time there isn’t an option  those who avoided the challenges wouldn’t be able to get by. ]]> 2020-06-08 18:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617492261 that doing stuff the easy way may be faster but it wont help your skills improve or like do the job as well if you avoid the difficult parts https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617496924 2020-06-08 18:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617496924 https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617496943 If something is easy you may not learn as much from it. Or you may take the easy way out because it was 'too hard'.
I know I procrastinate and then I go down the easy path to save time when really it doesn't help at all.]]> 2020-06-08 18:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617496943 https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617497514 The easy path may be more efficient, but you aren't challenging yourself and therefore you don't grow as much as a person. ]]> 2020-06-08 18:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617497514 In order to progress and be better at something, you need to challenge yourself instead of taking the easy way all the time https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617501088 2020-06-08 18:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617501088 He means that taking the easy way is a threat as you do not learn anything or try hard to understand anything. hardship is difficult but allows for you to learn new things/skills and in the long run allows you to grow. something being of ease means that you already understand what you are doing and are not learning anything new. https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617501097 2020-06-08 18:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617501097 https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617501104 you aren't going to learn or improve if you always take the easy path]]> 2020-06-08 18:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617501104 taking the easy way might not get you where you want to be later in life https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617501583 2020-06-08 18:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617501583 he means that its not good to always take the easy way out of things,you need to take the hard path to learn more https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617502556 2020-06-08 18:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617502556 Taking the easy way may be less work but wont help you in the long run https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617503072 2020-06-08 18:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/victorialaroche/vwpctb67vn4x4v4x/wish/617503072