HUSTLE

After "networking"this modern work pursuit method called hustling has taken the corporate world by storm.

Some may prefer self respect,decency and dignity.

Like "networking" this word too is considered a go getter aggressive achiever model.its a crying shame no one has any idea of even etymology of the word.Some management guru says it,algorithm manipulation gives it traction,and before u can say what,people are falling over each other to use it as being the "it" thing.

My two bit take: late 17th century (originally in the sense ‘shake, toss’): from Middle Dutch .Meaning "push roughly, shove" first recorded 1751.

hustler (n.)

1825, "thief" (especially one who roughs

up his victims), from hustle (v.) + -er (1).

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, hustle comes from the Dutch word "husselen," meaning "to shake or toss." Over time, the word expanded, meaning "to hurry" and "to obtain by begging."

The etymology twisters seem to have given a new form and shape to the word in a most convoluted Wodehousian adaptation.what a terrible tragedy!

And i see people applauding it as a work ethic ;its probably the worst form of human depravity and desperation to gain a foot into world of money comfort.Hustle is nothing except muscle.And tussle.

if you protest and say  term means: "work hard relentlessly in the face of discomfort to achieve your goals." then you are using the wrong term mate.

We call it "perseverance".Some even call it " putting in the hard yards".

So.Who wants to hustle?