Working Smart Rather Than Hard

It has often been said that 20% of our effort produces 80% of our results. This would also suggest that 80% of our effort only produces 20% of our results.

As I think of this, I think of the spiritual teaching story of "The Cat In The Hat Comes Back". Do you remember this?

The Cat has made a pink mess in a bathtub and in his attempts to clean it up he spread the pinkness in more places.

Then to get help he lifted his hat and Cat A entered upon the scene, and then Cat B and C and so forth. The more cats there were working on cleaning up the mess, the messier things got. Until, we got to Cat Z. When Cat Z lifted his hat out came Vroooom!!! Suddenly all the snow was white again and even the sidewalk had been shoveled.

Here we have an example of a tiny percentage of the effort producing 100% of the result.

Being optimally productive comes from our doing the things consistently that bring the best and greatest result.

How can we bring the power of Vroooom into our days today?

Can we work smart and locate the pivot points that can turn whole situations around in flashes of brilliance?

How can we leverage our efforts with what we are currently working on?

Working smart is a choice we can make, moment to moment.