What works- hard work or smart work

The Bhagvad Gita says “If one attempt to abandon action while being bound in Nature, the consequence will be disastrous. Action is the insignia of life in an organism. So long we live and breathe; we have to act and work, which is the final expression of life in its complete form. So one should be very aware how one should act or how smartly one should work. But what are we talking about when we say ‘smart working’? It ‘s an approach to organize work aiming to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness in achieving job outcomes through a combination of flexibility, autonomy and collaboration, in parallel with optimizing tools and working environments.’

Smart working might be seen as an objective that can help individual’s minds on how they can think about reorganizing work to improve performance. The fact that the idea of smart working has no distinct boundaries may actually make it more powerful – if it leads individuals to ask questions about how the objective can be achieved in their own organization. This is not an idea that tells someone what to do, but to offer insights into the changes going on around them and a basis for reflecting on how best one should respond to it. It can perhaps be best seen as a model or pattern, or way of looking at the world.

It has been understood that time management is the key to either being a smart worker or a Hard worker. Good time management usually leads to organizing the work at hand increases the clarity regarding one's role and deliverables, optimistic outlook where the task(s) seems too easy or even a confident attitude where one is confident of completing the work in time. All these behaviors’ lead to an overall tendency to manage time in an effective manner.