Work Smarter Not Harder By: Terry Norrington

It has gotten to that time of year when I take a break. I like to think it is well deserved. There is no doubt that recent months have proved extremely hectic with my internet marketing business and my involvement with the Nigerian IT Project taking up a lot of my time. This is not a complaint; I enjoy being busy provided that my time is spent productively.

The saying goes that "successful people don't work harder, they work smarter".
It is about using our time wisely, finding the best methods to create the best results. It is also said that eighty percent of our best results come from twenty percent of our efforts. Logically therefore we need to concentrate on that twenty percent of effort and ditch the eighty percent that isn't really giving us much in the way of reward. Think about how much time we would have if we only used one fifth of our efforts to create broadly the same results.

So how do we determine what actually is working and what is not?

This really requires us to analyse what we are doing. Much of what we do is routine. We do things without really giving it any thought. By closely looking at how we do things, monitoring it, writing our actions and results down we can start to see a picture emerging. In fact putting things to pen and paper is a wonderful tool that can paint the true picture of our lives. Whether it be about the money we spend, the food we eat or in this case the work we perform, it's surprising what can be revealed about our lives.

Once we can see where our efforts are wasted we can do something about it and get greater benefit from our time.

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