Working smart vs working hard - an ultimate guide

[DJCanh]

Good way - turn a hobby into a job.
But there we have a problem - if hobby becomes a job, you can start hating it

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[Hell-raiser]

Indeed, working hard makes you tired at the end of the day. Where as when you work smart, you will have a relax time and would definitely make the work easier. Same as the way earnings should be done, you have to do a smary way of earning instead of doing it the hard way. Another thing is when you do a smart way of your job you will have a bigger chance of earning bigger income.

Actually, I don't think we can draw a distinction here, though I agree that working hard looks like a cruel misnomer. That is, we shouldn't in fact compare working hard with working smart. It should rather be working the right way (smart way) versus working the wrong way (stupid way). What I mean is that you can't distinguish the right way from the wrong way just by how quickly you get tired. I think it is not a proper yardstick. In other words, you can tirelessly and enthusiastically do something which still wouldn't be considered smart, as in working smart (obviously), by any metric.

[Hari1123]

The idea that you should work smarter, not only harder isn't anything new. When talking about the difference between smart and hard work it's pretty simple to explain what working hard means. If you want to be successful in the long run, you have to put long hours into work.

[fiulpro]

Come on man ...I don't think that.. by working smart you have to do less work..rather than your work load is increased because you have to use your brain too ..to give everything a direction.
I think that... Working hard and working smart ..both are related as

Working smart = working hard + Giving..that hardwork a definite direction.

[yrrehc16]

working smart is time-saving and you can maximize the potential of anything that you are doing in a simple way and make more productive.
Working out thing doesn't need to make it a full force but add some knowledge to make it easier. working hard is a good way but not always a nice thing to have.
why don't we work hard in a very smart way?

[matuson]

working smart is time-saving and you can maximize the potential of anything that you are doing in a simple way and make more productive.
Working out thing doesn't need to make it a full force but add some knowledge to make it easier. working hard is a good way but not always a nice thing to have.
why don't we work hard in a very smart way?

In order to work in a smart way, you need to spend a lot of time to get a large amount of knowledge. This is very hard work. For training you do not get paid for their efforts. Most often you spend your money in exchange for knowledge. That's why very few people can make money doing smart work. People who do not know how to think with your head think with your hands. This is the law of life.

[kokobaba880]

It is natural that if you hard work you can get the benefit of that and for me the bitcoin working is very useful while the users are interested in this currency to make investment now and secure the future like the bitcoin users people are thinking that may this will disappear but the bitcoin users are happy to hold this currency and the importance developed by the bitcoin have made the people psychology for the investment in the altcoin too and now the altcoin are also good to trade.

[Kelvinid]

working smart is time-saving and you can maximize the potential of anything that you are doing in a simple way and make more productive.
Working out thing doesn't need to make it a full force but add some knowledge to make it easier. working hard is a good way but not always a nice thing to have.
why don't we work hard in a very smart way?

In order to work in a smart way, you need to spend a lot of time to get a large amount of knowledge. This is very hard work. For training you do not get paid for their efforts. Most often you spend your money in exchange for knowledge. That's why very few people can make money doing smart work. People who do not know how to think with your head think with your hands. This is the law of life.

I agree on you.Before thinking of becoming a smart person,you should atleast work harder first to be knowledgeable and skillful in a certain field.I believe this two would be a total compliment for each other.No one gets wrong if you use your smart mind and apply hardwork and perseverance to make your goal achieved.

[Hell-raiser]

Come to think of it, most successful people who are now rich magnates have first worked hard in order to be where they are. WE often hear the story of the poor boy who have risen from rags to riches. Successful business men who started out by being a small time vendor then owning their own businesses, buildings or malls in the future. But I guess they worked smart along with it in order to be where they are. They have outsmarted their past bosses and even became their CEOs because of their wits.

And just imagine how much we don't hear about that story. As Henry Ford once said, "I am ready to account for any day in my life, but don't ask me how I made my first million". I guess it is the same with every poor boy who made it to the riches. We are told beautiful stories, but we are rarely told what skeletons or shadows are hiding behind every fortune. And if we knew the whole story, we would likely be surprised how little a role hard work played there. I think in most cases it all comes down to turning up in the right place at the right time.

[mostkey]

I'd rather say that working hard will only make your boss richer, not yourself.

right. working hard can not lead us to fast riches. but only benefit others. if at the company at the beginning we do have to work hard. to get a position at work.
and after that position we can. we should be able to work smart. perhaps a small example of finding a loophole for corruption. but we must have some related knowledge of it. so that our corruption is not in the know, I've done it until I can make my own company 

[Betwrong]

Since, from my experience, I never know where those right places are, I think the best approach is to try to do at least something rather than thinking of a strategy over and over again. Of course I agree that working smart is better than working hard, but to be smart you have to get some experience first, so I think it's better while you are young to concentrate on working hard, and then after some years of hard working it will be easier for you find a way to work smart.

[BartS]

This is a sequel to this thread. If you are interested only in the fat of the thread and the cream of the theme, look no further than this and the second post here.


Many people say that you should work hard if you want to succeed in life and rise to riches. I'd rather say that working hard will only make your boss richer, not yourself. On the other hand, there is an age-old adage which says that you should be working smarter, not harder. But working smarter is a vague idea, and I'm interested to hear what people have to say on this topic. As far as I'm concerned, I think that working smart comes down to creating environment where you will have more chances to meet Lady Luck smiling at you, where you will be able to hit a lucky strike because luck plays an ever-important role in our lives. For example, if you want to find a date to have a romantic relationship with or you are looking for a one-night stand only, you will go to a beach or a bar since your chances are higher there, right? The same approach seems to be applicable to work as well. In other words, stick around the places where your chances of success are the highest.

So share your opinions here, guys. What is your practical take on working smart?

You should do both since this increases the chances of getting better outcomes in your life, however a lot people prefer to work harder than to work smarter because working harder is more straightforward and easier to implement in order to work harder you only need to work for an additional hour and you're already working harder, but working smarter is a lot more difficult to do what you need to do is figure out a way to do your work in a more efficient manner to save your time and energy that you can later use for something else.

[Lieldoryn]

Since, from my experience, I never know where those right places are, I think the best approach is to try to do at least something rather than thinking of a strategy over and over again. Of course I agree that working smart is better than working hard, but to be smart you have to get some experience first, so I think it's better while you are young to concentrate on working hard, and then after some years of hard working it will be easier for you find a way to work smart.

Your hard work takes a lot of time and effort. What will you do after work? No is not an option. It seems to me that while you are young you need to focus on studying. Of course you will have to limit yourself in many ways at this time. But only this can help you to have a highly paid intellectual job in the future.

[zeaderza]

Good way - turn a hobby into a job.
But there we have a problem - if hobby becomes a job, you can start hating it

There is a difference in between hobby and a job. You need to keep both the things separately as you will end up doing both the things in a wrong way if you will mix them up.

However, you need to take your job very much seriously because this is something which helps in meeting up all your needs and that you need to be sure that you are putting in enough of the efforts and that too in a right way to get good earning.

[Ronaldcoin2017]

I think working smart is the key to success, because even if we work verry hard through our work in a verry low salary, I think we cannot gain a huge amount of profit even if we do work hard in a verry long term, I think no one will happen unto us if we are leaning on a hard work without using our mind. The important thing here is that we know how to work smarter than work harder in a work that cannot give us a huge amount of profit.

[elkafee79]

This is a sequel to this thread. If you are interested only in the fat of the thread and the cream of the theme, look no further than this and the second post here.


Many people say that you should work hard if you want to succeed in life and rise to riches. I'd rather say that working hard will only make your boss richer, not yourself. On the other hand, there is an age-old adage which says that you should be working smarter, not harder. But working smarter is a vague idea, and I'm interested to hear what people have to say on this topic. As far as I'm concerned, I think that working smart comes down to creating environment where you will have more chances to meet Lady Luck smiling at you, where you will be able to hit a lucky strike because luck plays an ever-important role in our lives. For example, if you want to find a date to have a romantic relationship with or you are looking for a one-night stand only, you will go to a beach or a bar since your chances are higher there, right? The same approach seems to be applicable to work as well. In other words, stick around the places where your chances of success are the highest.

So share your opinions here, guys. What is your practical take on working smart?

in my opinion
i think i like working smart, can be make high result, an many succes people has a smart strategy while they work.

[Glorypaasa]

This is a sequel to this thread. If you are interested only in the fat of the thread and the cream of the theme, look no further than this and the second post here.


Many people say that you should work hard if you want to succeed in life and rise to riches. I'd rather say that working hard will only make your boss richer, not yourself. On the other hand, there is an age-old adage which says that you should be working smarter, not harder. But working smarter is a vague idea, and I'm interested to hear what people have to say on this topic. As far as I'm concerned, I think that working smart comes down to creating environment where you will have more chances to meet Lady Luck smiling at you, where you will be able to hit a lucky strike because luck plays an ever-important role in our lives. For example, if you want to find a date to have a romantic relationship with or you are looking for a one-night stand only, you will go to a beach or a bar since your chances are higher there, right? The same approach seems to be applicable to work as well. In other words, stick around the places where your chances of success are the highest.

So share your opinions here, guys. What is your practical take on working smart?

for me working smart is more good than workhard because even you workhard to earn a lot of btc or etc or something if you dont have a smart to gamble it i think your workhard will become stone so i think workhard is good or its okay if you have both so it will give to you an opportunity to win  and to get a lot of profit by doing that.

[Pitparker]

Working Smart is far more effective because it could divide the time and Manpower on the job. It really has to be done because if hard work alone will not be enough because if the smart work without thinking of the pleasure and others will not be useful.

[mOgliE]

Hi,

You have already made a similar post, right?

I think that luck, as well as work, is part of the equation. If you never work and are not particularly lucky... Well nothing special will happen.

But what makes a real different is your environment. If you have been raised in a wealthy family, life will be easier for you. And that's a fact. Your relatives will be more aware of the "golden paths" leading you to jobs that are well-paid and no too difficult. You will have a greater culture, just because it was part of your education. And thus, social interactions will go easy!

For me family and the environment in which you grew up is the biggest explanatory factor. As for luck and work.. well they come largely after!

[Betwrong]

Since, from my experience, I never know where those right places are, I think the best approach is to try to do at least something rather than thinking of a strategy over and over again. Of course I agree that working smart is better than working hard, but to be smart you have to get some experience first, so I think it's better while you are young to concentrate on working hard, and then after some years of hard working it will be easier for you find a way to work smart.

Your hard work takes a lot of time and effort. What will you do after work? No is not an option. It seems to me that while you are young you need to focus on studying. Of course you will have to limit yourself in many ways at this time. But only this can help you to have a highly paid intellectual job in the future.

That's right and that's what I meant. Studying is very hard work, isn't it? It's much easier to do physical labor 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, hanging out with friends rest of the time. When you study you do it almost 24/7 and that's why it's much harder. But, yeah, it pays off eventually. Normally those who pursue this path are paid less than their friends who choose physical labor for years, but at some point everything changes and people who committed themselves to studying start getting higher payments.