IF YOU'RE WORKING HARDER AND HARDER, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

Editor: Crass Cash

Scrooge McDuck my favorite Disney character often said on the hit show of my youth, "Work smarter, not harder."  It was as true then as it is now!  Now this was a silly cartoon, not real life.  Fair enough, but you'd be wrong.  

I present to you, the real life definition of working smarter, not harder...  

Warren Buffett is the model for working smarter, not harder.  I've come to the conclusion that if you're worker more, than you're doing something wrong.  Here's a guy who works the same schedule he did when he was a 28 year old millionaire vs now when he's an 84 year old multidecabillionaire.  

He goes to work at normal 8-5 hours with a long lunch.  He does nothing but read for the first 4 hours before lunch and then returns phones calls and talks to his individuals chiefs of other companies that Berkshire owns.  He then goes home and reads more newspapers or plays bridge at home on the computer.  

For such an important person you'd think his schedule would have become exponentially more hectic.  But all this does is show you that he's doing it right.  He has the right people in place to do what they do best.  He's a type A personality, but not a control freak.  When you realize that people around you can do a better job than you, just let go and let them do it.  

EVERY DAY THAT YOU GO INTO WORK, YOU SHOULD BE TRYING TO WORK YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR JOB.  The 80/20 principle at its finest.  Think about it...