What is smart work?
Smart work is putting the minimum effort which causes the maximum impact on the result.
*Advantage* :
1.It increases the worker’s freedom and autonomy.
2.It has a greater capacity to organize your time.
3.It saves you money on workspaces, transport or supplies (electricity, heating, etc.)
4.You can save a lot of time on journeys, especially in big cities.
5.It improves the reconciliation of work life with personal and family life, which is often highly valued.
6.If the work is well structured (usually based on objectives), productivity can be increased.
7.An improvement in the worker’s quality of life is noticed, the worker values the work and the company.
8.This can attract talent to the business.
9.It allows the integration of people with reduced mobility.
*Disadvantages of Smart work:-*
1.Smart work may make us lazy, as we get used to doing less work and get more output.
2.Mere smart work may not yield results. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard”.
3.Hence we cannot completely rely on smart work.
4.To work smartly, at first we need knowledge about the work, which comes only with hard work and experience.
5.We cannot teach hard work to smart working persons if they are not willing to work hard.
*Meaning of Hard work*
Hard work would mean spending long hours to complete my work without any shortcuts. It definitely ensures results but the process is long and stressful.
*Advantages of Hard work:-*
1.Through hard work, we gain knowledge and experience.
2.This will help us to do smart work, that means we can then analyse shortcuts to do the same amount of work.
3.Hard work teaches us patience and discipline.
4.The result of hard work will be more appealing to us because we put a lot of effort into achieving it.
5.Everyone will choose hardworking persons to work under them.
6.We can teach smart work to hard-working people and we can be sure about the improved productivity because they work hard.
*Disadvantages of Hard* *work:-*
1.Hard work may become boring and monotonous.
2.It consumes a lot of time and effort.
3.If we fail after doing so much hard work, it’ll be very difficult to cope up with it.
*Conclusion:-*
We need to work hard as well as smart to achieve success in our lives. Only one of both will not be sufficient in this modern world. And hence both hard work and smart work are essential to succeed in life.
By: Ms. Mandeep Kaur