Working Hard - Chapter One - The Myth And The Basics - Part 2

It takes hard work to get ahead in your professional life. As you progress into more demanding roles, more is expected of you. To climb to the top, if that is what you aspire to do, takes an incredible amount of work. But it is a MYTH that “working hard” simply means working more hours. In fact, working more hours, in the long run, is NOT the way to think about “working hard.” In this series of guidance, we will lay out how to get the most out of yourself without constantly sacrificing your personal and family life.

This guidance is the first - Chapter 1 - in a series of podcast guidance about how to accomplish more at work. Everybody knows it takes “hard work” to progress in one’s career. To get ahead, you’re going to have to prove that you can handle more responsibility even before you are given greater responsibilities at more senior levels.. But “hard work” is too often reduced to “working longer hours.” There are times when that’s necessary, but only when you’ve learned to be highly productive throughout your day. More hours are only the last resort towards productivity.