Time Management: In what ways do you work smarter, rather than harder?
There is a lot written about how to work smarter, not harder. But both are REALLY important.
First thing to remember: It is really important to work as smart as possible. But it is also important to work really hard if you want to accomplish great things. People who do great things work their tails off. Most work over 70 hours a week.
The top performers put in insane hours. Insane.
Professional basketball players work insane hours. Professional musicians practice 14 hours a day. They work on when they are vacation. They rarely ever take a full day off.
People that accomplished great things like Martin Luther King and Gandhi worked all the time. Even people who accomplish lesser things generally needed to work all the time.
Almost everyone that accomplishes great things works long and grueling hours. In my experience, the A-Players almost always work longer hours than the B-Players. So just putting in the hours likely makes you much more successful.
Yes to working smarter.
But yes to also working longer if you want to accomplish great things.
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