Quote from: GoldenLad on March 19, 2018, 05:35:41 PM

Between working hard and working smart; I will tell you that working smart is the best and it really pays. But most people don't know about this or don't believe in that ideology. They believe working day and night, leaving the office at late hour after everyone is gone is the way wealth. All that is just nothing but stress activators. When you do things the smart way; you stay healthy to enjoy the fruit of your labor but if the other way, the person might die even before the wealth start coming in.

That's another interesting point worthy of mentioning. I know that I may sound a bit arrogant here but such is life. We are able to work smart because someone else has chosen (or been chosen) to work hard. If people honestly believe that working all day long and leaving the office at late hour (and also working at weekends, why not, really) is good, such is their choice. Or rather someone else's (that would be their boss in this case) who was smart enough to successfully make them believe that they are doing the right thing for themselves, while, in reality, they are doing the right thing for their boss. This is a nice and revealing example how smart work differs from hard work.

It could be generalized in the following way. As much as you are aware of the circumstances, you work for yourself (circumstances work for you). On the flip side, as much as you are unaware of the circumstances, you work for someone else (circumstances work you). The evident conclusion is that working smart is working for yourself (in general terms), even if you are a typical office rat.