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why we need SMART Work to become successful in life
You have probably heard it before; put in the hard work and you will eventually become successful. Newsflash: Its not about the hard work, its about working SMART.
It takes a lot more than hard work in order to become successful in life. Yet most people assume that the harder they are working, the better off they will be forgetting about all the other factors that are involved. Hard work is necessary to achieve a goal, but it is not a defining factor. When talking about the difference between smart and hard work it’s pretty simple to explain what working hard means. First, smart work includes how we do a job with proper planning and care. It requires a thoughtful preparation of the obstacles and sketching out different methods that can be used to overcome such obstacles.
For hard work, if you want to be successful in the long run, you have to put long hours into work. You have to start early, before all other people, and you have to stay up late at night. On top of that, many people work hard, but only a few become really successful. That’s because smart work is what makes the difference. Its really hard to find very clear guidelines on what working smart really means and how it’s different from hard work.
Here are several things to bear in mind as to why we need to work smart as opposed to working hard to become successful in life:
- You Need to Work Smarter
In order to be successful, a person needs a great plan and well-balanced attack to execute the plan. None of that suggests working harder is helpful. It may actually work against someone. The key thing is to work smarter, not harder. Runners understand the idea of efficiency. It takes a lot of endurance to make it through a marathon. In order to finish the race, you have to know where to hold back and reserve for the more critical moments. Technique and planning will make the run easier and more valuable of an experience.
- Be Natural
Passion will drive people to do more and more for what they love. However, that should not include people that are simply better at what they do. There is something to be said for innate ability. Some people were meant to be faster runners or musical gurus. Not that naturally gifted people don’t have to work hard, but people in the wrong field end up working harder to compensate for not being a natural. Work in areas that you are naturally pre-disposed to do and success will come much easier. Some things just are not going to happen and a smarter person will know where to best invest efforts.
- Develop More Finite Skills
Almost anyone vying for a position or a promotion works hard. Hard work is not a unique qualifier. Experience and capabilities, however, are unique qualifiers that need to be highlighted first and foremost. Creativity and efficiency are also invaluable intangibles that may not show up in the resume, but will show up in the output. A person needs a versatile skill set of all the intangibles, hard work is only one of those intangibles. A person needs to develop skills and then strengthen them through hard work in order to become successful. The hard work does not become the success by itself. By no means should the hard work be overdone. A person only eyeing the prize and not the process is not likely to be successful.
- Take Luck When You Can Get It
Make the best of bad luck situations and re-channel energy into a better game plan and the odds will eventually work out in your favor. It does not matter how talented you are. If your mind is not in the right place, talent can only go so far.
