WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER
I was scrolling through a friends timeline and I badged into an argument between her and a friend. She was promoting swissgold and testified how she has earned a lot from it and plan to take it as full-time Job. The guy called her lazy and said that she won't go far in life with such work as others are working tirelessly to earn a living. This prompted me to ask him this question "What matters most in the mission to succeed ? Is it how hardworking you are or how smart you are" He is yet to reply me. I thought to myself that there might be a lot of people out there who think that in the world of success, hardworking comes before smartness, it's a big No.
Before I proceed,do recall that the topic says work smarter not harder, it doesn't mean that one shouldn't work hard. Now let's measure smartness and hardwork in practical sense.
AGRICULTURE :- Small scale farming requires larger human power and is more tedious but commercial farming which requires the use of farm machinery and less work is more productive.
OCCUPATION :- A barrow pusher works tirelessly and accounts for a little penny by the end of the day while a steemit member can make 150 dollars a day by mere writing.
EDUCATION :- A student can study day and night, reading a whole textbook in preparation for a test,while another student that is more informed concentrates on specific topics from which questions would be set,the latter will surely do better.
I could go on and on to prove that being smart supersedes working hard. Someone might ask what this smartness is all about and how to identify smartness.
What Does It Take To Be Smart
Smartness is not in the gene,anyone can be smart and smartness can be worked for and achieved like most other qualities. There are attributes that segregate someone as smart and attributes one can emulate to become smart.
*Read wide
*Ask questions/seek answers
*Think big
*Learn something new daily
*Be open to change
*Work hard
*Explore
*Try new things
*Be observant
*Pay attention
*Associate with people
Etc
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The best post I've read all day!
A simple yet effective message.
Totally agree.
Up voted :)
Thanks dear
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true talk dear, a bricklayer works harder under the hot sun and earns penny, while an arctitech only sit at the comfort of his room and draw building plans and earn morethan a bricklayer.
an online investor and enterpreneur or a networker works from the comfort of his bed and earn millions at the of the month, while a civil servant goes to work from 8am and returns by 5pm and earns peanuts.
All are choice and perspective about success.
You are a product of your choice and Decision, and your decision is your destiny.
I CHOOSE TO WORK SMART
If I'm been asked to choose between the two, it certainly would be to work smart. Much of smart people work with intelligence and wisdom which begets success with ease, reverse is the case in working hard alone. So, anyone who works smart, works hard!
What a good read jeaniepearl!
Thanks dear for your brilliant contribution
I always love your introductory stories...makes me wanna read on and on. The piece is well composed, the message clearly delivered with words well phrased.
It's a YES from me! 😂😂
Thanks bro
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I quiet agree with you @jeaniepearl.. ...Hardwork doesn't equal success. What makes you successful is your smartness and ability to take hold of an opportunity when they surface. My motto is success doesn't happen by accident. You really have to work smart for it. If success is by working under rain and sun i.e hard work then these block industry guys should be richest in the world.
You nailed it bro
I see this article as a very useful one, i found something useful there which i will like to emphasis on, and i will also like to ask a question. (OCCUPATION :- A barrow pusher works tirelessly and accounts for a little penny by the end of the day while a steemit member can make 150 dollars a day by mere writing.)
I have a question to ask on these👆 (can we call this the destiny of the barrow pusher or his incompetent of fetching himself a good job?)
I will rather call it the inequality of life
Life wa designed that way
There will always be the rich and the poor
The smart and te dump
The beautiful and the ugly
I like your reply but am not satisfy with it.
great post my dear friend @jeanipearl
This is post is very informative, tnx for sharinng ds info
Great piece dear, steem on
My pleasure
Thanks