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How do you work smart instead of working harder and for long hours?

There's the traditional saying on the lines of you must harder and for an extended amount of time to be at the top, but this is not always the case. I've read that it's more important to work smarter , but how does one work smarter if that is the efficient and the right way of doing things? Should you tackle your work in a different way? Is smart another way of saying short cutting? What are your thoughts? #work #work-ethic #student-life

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Simeon’s Answer

I'm assuming you're asking about how to work harder at studying? It's honestly much better to study in small ten to fifteen minutes sessions multiple times per week as opposed to cram studying. It's way less stressful and the information sticks better. You know how TV advertisements are trying to repeat the same message to you in small chunks multiple times per week? It's the same thing. Our brains retain information way better when its repeated often in small chunks. When you have multiple hour study sessions, the odds are that you're going to be zoning off once the first thirty to forty minutes have passed.
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Brittney’s Answer

I believe that working smarter not harder refers to the way you work. For instance, if you have a challenging task at work, instead of trying to search for the answer yourself, reach out to colleagues to ask for help. Many times in large companies there are people who have done the task before and are happy to help you learn. This can transform a 3 hour task while figuring it out on your own to a 30 minute task working with others!
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Kruti’s Answer

Working smarter, not harder means having a clear strategy to prioritise your most important activities so you end each productive day feeling satisfied rather than overwhelmed, overcommitted, frustrated and overworked.
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Alicia’s Answer

It has been my experience with every job I have ever done it is easier to slow down to speed up. What that means is to make sure you understand whatever you need to accomplish make a plan and execute. The more you rush through a job, the easier it is to mess up and have to spend time repairing.
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Johannes’s Answer

In my experience, the idiom "work smarter not harder" can be translated to mean "work with a purpose, not aimlessly." In other words, don't ever do a job mindlessly or simply because your boss told you to do it. Make sure that, before you do a task, you understand exactly why that task is important, and how the work you do will contribute to the success of your employer. Furthermore, but understanding the purpose behind your work, you can begin to formulate new, better ways to do that same task. That could mean automating certain pieces of a manual job through an excel macro, or it could mean using a new source of information to get a better understanding of the problem and come up with a new way to solve it. Never do your job mindlessly. Always seek to understand the "why," and figure out new, better "hows."
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Prashad’s Answer

pretend you're really interested in the topic. learning will become much easier.
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