open your mind to endless possibilities, work hard but work smarter, surround yourself with the people that know more than you do, or have more than you do.

Telling someone to “work smarter” is useless because it assumes they already know what smarter looks like. If they did, they’d be doing it.

“Work smarter, not harder” is often framed as the opposite of hard work, but working smart is itself a derivative of hard work. You have to work hard to figure out what working smart means.

It’s like a chess master spotting the best move instantly; it looks like working smart, but it’s built on thousands of hours of working hard to earn that intuition.

What looks like working smarter is often just contextual insights uncovered through deep, sustained effort that others would find unreasonable.

work smarter instead of just harder.

When working, surround yourself with people more successful than you.

You know how I'm smart? I got people around me who know more than I do.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

Work as hard as you can. Even though what you work on and who you work with are more important.

Work as hard as you can. Even though who you work with and what you work on are more important than how hard you work.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

When working, surround yourself with people more successful than you.

When playing, surround yourself with people happier than you.

You have to work hard to discover how to work smart. You won't know the best solutions until you've made nearly all the mistakes.

Whatever your position, reach out to those who know more than you do, and have been around longer than you have. Find those people. Listen carefully. And learn.

Work as hard as you can. Even though what you work on and who you work with are more important.

Knowledge workers train, sprint, rest, and re-assess.

Inspiration is perishable - act on it immediately.

Be impatient with actions but patient with results.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.