Is it easier to work hard if you are working for yourself?

I'd say that working hard has mostly to do with whether you are doing something you like or not. If you are enjoying your work, who your boss is might be irrelevant :).

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.