HARD WORK OR SMART WORK?

Work is worship. It is an important part of life that everyone does in order to succeed and gain stability in life. However, everyone's mode and process of working are different. Be it a child trying to fix his toys, a student trying to make an impression, or a person trying to outgrow in his workplace - everyone has to choose his/her own methods of working and dealing with the workload. These methods are broadly divided into 2 types - Hardwork and Smartwork.

While hard work has been the core value of ancient Indian society that somehow holds its significance till today; smart work is a concept originating in the modern era with the development of science, technology, and many such instruments that have made human lives and their work easier. We have seen our grandmothers crushing the spices, kneading doughs, cooking with coal, etc. But now all this hard work is no more seen. 

We have got grinders, ovens, grills, juicers, and every kind of ready-to-use spices to save time and hard work. Thus, with time, technology has given us this highly used concept of smartly working. However, to what extent is smart work relevant? Which is better - hard work or smart work? 

For me, I'd definitely place hard work as the central preference and smart work as a complementary element to hard work. I'd like to take the example of the field of education. You will agree to the fact that no matter how much the internet advances or the keyboards replace the ink pens, no technology or smart work can develop the brains or tone up the knowledge or skills. In order to gain knowledge, one needs to study hard, research, make notes, explore and ask questions. All these come under hard work.

But, what smart work can do is compliment the hard work with the usage of the internet, e-lectures, educational sites and videos, printing materials, etc. Thus, hard work with complementary smart work is the key to improve the brains and minds these days.

Let us look at a story relating to this topic. Shri and Hari were given two axes and one hour of time to cut down a tree. Shri immediately started hitting the tree with a rapid speed but could not do the job. Hari, however, took 30 minutes to sharpen his axe and in the next 30 minutes, easily cut down the tree. This is the best example of how the combination of hard and smart work goes along successfully.

In the end, I would conclude that different people in different fields of work possess different mindsets. Sometimes, just hard work may not be the perfect solution. Still, for the overall process of learning, growing, and discovering oneself and one's true potential and abilities. After all, "Hard work pays off!"