There are different types of hard work:
1. Outthinking (a better strategy, a shortcut)
2. Pure Effort (working longer, intensity)
3. Opportunistic (positioning yourself to take advantage of change)
4. Consistency (doing average things for longer)
via .@farnamstreet
There are different types of hard work: 1. Outthinking (a better strategy, a shortcut) 2. Pure Effort (working longer, intensity) 3. Opportunistic (positioning yourself to take advantage of change) 4. Consistency (doing average things for longer) via .@farnamstreet
The truth is, you should be looking for hard things. The hard things are what keep the competition away. The hard things are what create barriers to entry. The hard things are the things that, once you push through, make it nearly impossible for anyone else to follow.
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Entrepreneurship Isn’t Supposed to Be Easy—That’s the Whole Point!
• Working differently is usually more productive than working harder.
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Effective thinking isn’t about ‘working hard’ in any brute or rote sense; it is about learning to spot, defend, nurture and grow our fleeting, tentative periods of insight.
The School of Life • How to Think More Effectively: A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity (Work series)
“Many people work hard, but few people work on the highest and best thing.
Usually, it takes no more effort to work on high leverage tasks than it does to work on low leverage ones.
It’s just a matter of directing your energy.”
Usually, it takes no more effort to work on high leverage tasks than it does to work on low leverage ones.
It’s just a matter of directing your energy.”