What is the difference between hard work and smart work?

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Keerthi said:   8 years ago
Hard work: Doing a work with full strength and abilities.

Smart work: Performing the task on the given work efficiently.
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Roshan Verma said:   8 years ago
Both are importent. After doing hard work again & again, we got experience and ewperience can do smart work in a less duration.
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Dikshant Narula said:   8 years ago
Hard Work is work actively (Body Works).

Smart Work is work passively (Brain Works).
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Ramachandran said:   8 years ago
Do work with spending more physical effort and less mental effort is hard work.

Do work with spending more mental effort and less physical effort is smart work.
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Jagadish VN said:   8 years ago
'I can do this'.
This is confidence because I am making a statement on myself since I know what my ability is.

'Only I can do this'.
This is over confidence because I am making a statement on others without knowing their ability.
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Sri Harsha K S said:   8 years ago
Suppose a wood cutter is cutting wood without sharpening his tool for hours that is hardwork and if he sharpens his tool and cuts wood then its smart work.

One can finish the same job in a lot lesser time with smart work.
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Jayanta Malik said:   8 years ago
Hard work takes strength and time.

But smart work saves our strength and time.
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Vikas yadav said:   8 years ago
Hard work shows your knowledge, while smart work shows your experience.
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Vishwanath said:   8 years ago
Hard work - It means that you work in a gruelling manner; for instance, spending 10+ hours studying for an exam.

Smart work - Smart work can go hand in hand with hard work. But 'smart work' means that you use an efficient method to finish a particular task. For instance, referring the above example, you use a specific method to study for an exam that saves your time, as well as prepares you for it perfectly.
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Dharti Kapadiya said:   8 years ago
Both hard work and smart work give solution for a particular problem but smart work gives a solution in a minimum time with more brain usage than hard work.

Ultimately, smart work is the best option to save time as well as to improve mental ability/skill/knowledge.
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