What is the difference between hard work and smart work?

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Harshitha said:   5 years ago
Hard work means doing things for a long time without any breaks and shortcuts while smart work means doing things using logics and shortcuts.

Also, I think SMART WORK come from HARD WORK.

So, if we will work hard, we will understand all the things and can do the work smartly.
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Aanchal verma said:   6 months ago
Hard work and smart work have a very thin line between them. I believe that smart work means completing a task in a short period using intelligence and strategy.

On the other hand, hard work means that you can complete the task, but it takes a lot of time and effort to do so.
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Payal barvaliya said:   7 years ago
The idea that you should work smarter, not only harder isn't anything new. When talking about the difference between smart and hard work it's pretty simple to explain what working hard means. If you want to be successful in the long run, you have to put long hours into work.
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Ruchi Rathore said:   6 years ago
According to me both hard work and smart work should be done.

We know that hard work is the key to success.

And smart work is to make easy the work which we are doing.

So we should do hard work smartly means both hard work and smart work should be done to achieve success.
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Manuu said:   8 years ago
I agree with that smart work saves time and allows you to get goals faster than hard work but in the present scenario, there is much competition everywhere so only smart work might not lead you to success so I think rather than comparing both we should do hard work smartly.
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Yash Padhye said:   5 years ago
According to me, hard work and smart work are both interlinked with each other. Rather, I can say both are dependent on each other. Smart work will only be done when we have done Hard work in the past. So Hard work is basically a devotion while smart work is an application.
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Bhavya tejashree said:   8 years ago
Hard work is what a Labour does.
Smart work is that, what a contractor does.

Ex. While constructing a huz a labour works hard a lot and the contractor orders labours. The income is high for a contractor but not for the Labour. So instead hard work change it to smart work.
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PRAKASH said:   8 years ago
According to me, hard work to do with power, energy but smart work to do with enjoy. Hard work is a straight way to success. And smart work more way to success. Hard work to do taken more time for completing work and smart work to do less time for completing work.

Thanks.
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Vamsi Krishna said:   6 years ago
Time and Pain are main difference between hard work and smart work.

For example; Sending a message to our friend through post is hard work and through mobile is smart work.

One more example, cooking a dish is hard work whereas order the same dish in Swiggy is smart work.
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Priyanshi Prajapati said:   1 year ago
Hard work- The work that is done with lots of effort by not considering the optimal solution to the problem.

Smart work- the work that is done by keeping the optimized solution of the prob in mind so that it can be done in less time and with a different or easy approach.
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