How To Work Smarter, Not Harder

Get more work in done in less time while expending less energy

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When I was younger, I was the type of person who heard common sayings and didn’t always get exactly what they meant. Like ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’ or ‘playing the devil’s advocate’ or ‘head over heels in love’. I used to wonder, isn’t your head already over your heels? Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say ‘arse over tit in love’?

It was the same with ‘Work Smarter, Not Harder’. A few years ago I kind-of knew what it meant, but being an employee, wondering how to jump into the rough but plentiful seas of entrepreneurship, I didn’t know how to apply it.

How do you work smarter, and not harder?

I came to see working smarter is all about efficiency. Specifically, getting more done while doing the same or less amount of work yourself.

I was always that person who lived by the mantra ‘if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself’. I always thought this was the best way of working. I found it time consuming explaining to someone else the best way to do…