I’ve met and worked with people who seem to glide from one responsibility to another. And from the outside, they look like superhumans! How can they finish so many things within 24 hours? Yet, at the same time, they take part in so many roles that I wonder, How do they do that?
Thinking about the things I’ve done in my lifetime, I don’t think I have been so effective at doing so many things at once. But why can they?
Do those people really know something about work, a secret technique that perhaps, I missed?
Can they still deliver exceptional work with so many things that they need to get done?
Does doing more mean working smart?
From Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More:
To work smart means to maximize the value of your work by selecting a few activities and applying intense targeted effort.
Are you thinking about the difference between working hard and working smart?
If yes, watch this video (and yes, that’s me in 2019):