In "Work Hard or Work Smart" by Tom Weber, the author talks about how many workers have trouble balancing the ideas of working hard meaning they "put there heads down, and keep their noise to the grindstone" and get the job done, or working smart and "looking for a shortcut, scheming to find an easier way...". Many workers usually sacrifice one type of work for another meaning that a hard worker may work extremely hard and get the job done regardless of the difficulty but fail to find ways to be more efficient and find ways to get more done. Likewise, some smart workers who pride themselves in finding ways to get it done faster also fail to be capable of just sitting down and getting the work done. They may waste more time trying to find an easier way and may not be as efficient as the working counterpart, "the hard worker." This makes me wonder "do we need to sacrifice hard work in order to do smart work (or sacrifice smart work for hard work)?"
Personally, I believe the desireable, well balanced worker is somehow who has characteristics that pertain to both the hard worker and the smart worker. A solid worker must be able to sit down, understand the work and the amount that must be done and be capable of getting it done properly and in a short amount of time. Also, they must be able recognize patterns or other characteristics in the work and be able to manipulate it to find ways to get and be proficient. Well if this is true then I don't believe we need to sacrifice one type of worker for another, but more importantly find workers who have the desirable qualities from each type of work.
The author closes the article with "work smart, work hard and live strong" and I truely believe that in order to live strong, we need to be able to work smart and work hard. Smart work + hard work = strong living!
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