Tweet

What Does It Mean to Work Smart? - Quiz

Guest post by: Holly Murdoch

Article Overview: Have you ever known someone who just seems to "have it all together?" Maybe that someone is you and maybe you could do even better. "Having it all together," is what many perceive as "working smart." But what does it really mean to "work smart?" Is it a mysterious quality that some of us are born with, and the rest without? Or is it a skill set that can be learned and mastered? Most business and relationship experts support that "working smart" is a skill set that enables one to achieve balance in life and be fruitful.

What Does It Mean to Work Smart? - Quiz

Many women have intuitively been using these skills to successfully juggle their many responsibilities. When done effectively, the result is a general contentment and satisfaction both personally and professionally. When reflected on and analyzed, five key traits of "working smart" emerge. They may be remembered best using the acronym BRIEF for: Balanced, Results achieving, Independent minded, Energized and Fit in.

5 Traits of Women Who Work Smarter

1. Balanced: Balancing one’s personal and professional life.
2. Results achieving: Reaching a satisfactory level of results.
3. Independent minded: Considers information and opinions of others asappropriate, and ultimately makes her own mind up on her position.
4. Energized: Achieving and maintaining an effective distribution of one's energy including reasonable breaks and vacations.
5. Fit In: Being accepted in the culture of one’s chosen environment.

Balanced:Personal and professional life balance is a key part of working smart. Whole life aspects such as exercise, proper nutrition, and constructive support from family, friends, community and more provide a strong basis from which to draw strength. Feeling capable in one’s work approach is built from many sources, not only success at work.

Results achieving:Reaching a satisfactory level of results is a subjective call, and is important because it is a reality check. If the results do not show and goals are not met, it is hard to say one is working smart. A widely used technique to help achieve results is the SMART approach to goal setting. Ask yourself, "Are my goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Reasonable, and Timely?"

Independent minded:Although she considers the information and opinions of others as appropriate, she makes up her own mind. She chooses with her own free will to associate with people, places and things or not. She takes responsibility for her decisions.

Energized:Achieving an effective energy distribution depends on one's ability to monitor their body and their feelings and have the self-discipline to get enough sleep, and take enough breaks and vacations to allow themselves to restore and replenish. The kinds of activities that refresh a person are as individual as their finger prints. Do you work smart, or do you need to improve? Take the w2wlink Work Smart Self-Quiz and find out.

Fit In:Fitting into one’s chosen environment is a sign of working smart. Drawing healthy limits that others respect and appreciate so that there is a harmony is important. It helps one to perform better and it indicates effectiveness.

Remember, the secret to working smart is being BRIEF

Related Articles
  Liven up eLearning course to engage learners with funny quiz
  E-assessment is More Than Test Creation
  How to Choose the Right Online Quiz Software
  Making Multiple Choice Quizzes Efficiently with Quiz Makers
  PowerPoint for Educators: How to Make Multiple-choice Quizzes with PowerPoint via VBA
  Six Traits Needed for Self Employment
  E-assessment, Say Goodbye To Paper-based Test
  Making Your Own Math Quiz Is So Easy
  Dealing With A Difficult Client
  Pub Quiz Host.
  Improve Online Learning via Data Collecting and Analysis
  Lead People, Manage Money
  2 Leadership Mistakes That Will Cost You!
  Java Certification Training Kits for self preparation
  Entrepreneurs Education: Fast and Smart
  The hard part (one of them)
  4 Tips to a Happy New You for 2011
  Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Colonel Flagg
  Steam is coming out my ears, and it will be coming out of yours too!
  Conducting Effective New Hire Training to Reduce Turnover

Article Tags: advice, business, entrepreneur, leadership, mentoring, women



Related Forum Posts
LEADERS - L- Loyal E- Eager to learn and serve A- Active D- Delegate E- Efficient R- Reliable S- Smart
Re: What's your top tip for balancing your business and taking t - Proper Work management meeting your all deadlines....
Re: Five Personality Traits of Successful Business Owners - 1. Focus 2. Ability to Adapt 3. Hard Work 4. Good planning 5. People Skills
Re: Books for the Entrepreneur - Another great book for internet entrepreneurs is The Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris MichelleJ
Try wikipedia.com for more information - That depends what type of business you are involved in. Maybe if you share that, we can help you a little better. I work mostly in the Work at Home industry so my advice would only be along those lines.


Share this article with your friends. Fund someone's dream.

Leave a comment below or share on the left and you'll help support entrepreneurs in Africa through our partnership with Kiva. Over $50,000 raised and counting - Please keep sharing! Learn more.

Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!

Name:
Email:

Popular Articles

The five pillars of internet marketing strategy

Angel Investors Where Are You?

The Strong Leadership Formula

Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.