WORK SMART TO EARN MORE AND LIVE BETTER

How can you work smart, earn more, without exhausting yourself, all to live better?

Raising Your Productivity vs. Working Smart

Let's start with the basics—working smart. While there are plenty of productivity tools like batching, calendar blocking, and the Pomodoro technique, these often offer only temporary solutions.

To truly work smart and positively impact your bottom line ánd mental health, you need a fundamentally different approach.

How to Start Working Smart Today

The main ingredient in working smart is focus. Zero in on what you want to achieve and make that your priority.

Why is this smart?

The smart part lies in the fact that besides your focal area, you DO NOT do anything else.

You eliminate distractions. Focus solely on what needs to be done, and do it in the quickest way possible (here's where those productivity tools can help). By doing this, you gain extra time, and get those results you’re after. You’re earning more.

You might be thinking, "It can't be that simple?"

But think about it—how often have you said yes when you meant to say no? How often do you work on less important tasks while ignoring crucial ones?

Focusing on one thing is tough, especially with social media, societal pressures, and everyone around you suggesting ALL the things you should be doing to succeed.

How Working Smart Can Make You Money (If Done Right)

Even with focus, making more money isn't guaranteed. The key is WHAT you focus on.

Picture this: you're a consultant wanting to reduce hours and increase income. You decide to start a podcast because it's a popular trend. Months later, you’re not gaining new clients and are losing money due to your podcast investment. You’re also losing time that you could have spent on engaging with [potential] clients.

This happens a lot. Entrepreneurs often shy away from the harder aspects of their business, like lead generation and sales calls, opting for long-term marketing strategies instead. But effective marketing requires multiple touchpoints to generate sales, and not every effort reaches enough people to be profitable.

To work smart with the goal of earning more, focus on the activities that directly make you money, especially those that pay off quickly.

The Power of Focus and Living Better

If you crack the code and you manage to work smart, in a way that it brings in better results for your business it does allow you to live better.

However, if you’re still working on refining your smart working skills, you should not diminish the power of living better.

If you’re constantly working, worrying about your business and sleeping badly, this negatively impacts your performance, which in turn will make it harder to achieve great results.

The reverse also applies; if you are well rested, take care of your mental and physical health, you’re capable of performing better. An optimized performance means enhanced business results.

And if you then focus on working on the money making activities in your business - the results will be amplified.