SSB GD Topic: Hard Work Verses Smart Work

Since our childhood, we have been listening that hard work is the key to success. This used to be a very correct statement of that time, but since change is the law of nature , a change is required in each and every aspect of our life also .This required change have turned down the tagline of Hard work is the key to success to Smart work is the key to success. Let us first understand the relation between hard work and smart work.

Smart work is the upgraded version of hard work. Smart work can be considered as an easy way to do hard work. Yeas, hard work can be done in a much easy manner and that manner is known as Smart work. It compromises of few steps which when taken care of and properly executed makes any work easy.

The first thing among this is to prioritize. Whenever you have a been given work , you first prioritize what needs to be done earlier keeping in mind the importance of each work and the deadlines assigned for it .Deadlines can be assigned by you or anyone else to you for work. Once decided the priorities, arrange all the resources required for it. A work should always be prioritizing in manner of deadlines rather than choosing the easy job at first. Yes if you can do both, easy job and a tough job simultaneously then it is good but ultimately you’ll end up making your job hectic for you and hence your health will be affected. Also the amount of work assigned for a day should be carefully chosen or taken. If you are unable to do that extra job in that very day, say no to it. Also switch to the next task only when the first one on the priority list is completed. There is an exception in case of unavailability of resources where you can take up the next work before completing the one having a higher priority but that work has to be taken and finished as soon as the resources are arranged. In this manner you would be focusing on one job only and hence would be giving your 100% towards it.

Any big goal means a big team work. When you have been given a big job, you first need to finalize your team. They can be your friends, colleagues, workers, etc. Now when you are not working alone, it is very important to have proper communication, also a proper distribution of job is very necessary to complete the work in an effective manner. Once you have decide and distributed the work, you have to make sure that the resources are also available to them .After this main thing is the communication between the whole team. By communicating, the progress of the work can be kept updated. In case if any team member is facing problem, you have to guide them in the best possible manner if you are leading the team or otherwise should discuss with them the problem only after completing our work.

Smart work is nothing more than executing your work in a planned manner so that you get the work finished in time and with more accuracy leaving you less tired and more successful. A person doing a smart work manages his time and resources well, and takes out time for his family, friends and interests. In this way he properly balances his life and makes his life a happy one while getting all the work success and love from dear ones with a healthy mind and body. So, for a better living now days, the people should convert their hard work into smart work by following the above mentioned simple steps. I believe in smart work, let me hear what are your views on the same in the comment section.

About the Author: Siddharth Joshi is an Electronics & Communication Engineer working in a renowned MNC.  His interests include travelling and he loves playing every sport. Through this article he wants to help defense aspirants by presenting his critical views on the topic, on the forum so that collective exchange of thoughts can take place.