I used to lump "Work Smarter, Not Harder" in with the gigantic category of information I classed as "self help bullshit". It is, however, very good advice. The

I used to lump "Work Smarter, Not Harder" in with the gigantic category of information I classed as "self help bullshit". It is, however, very good advice. The truth is that it's relatively easy to exchange your time for money, what's very difficult is to set up a system which makes money without taking up all your time. I would say it's far more worthwhile to learn how to do that, even when the numbers (ie. actual money being made) are small, because it creates the freedom to experiment with other, more ambitious projects. Also, if you're in the habit of "working hard" you may not realise that you're wasting your (finite) time and (finite) energy on something that has little chance of succeeding. I liken "work smart not hard" to not buying the biggest house you can possibly buy based on how much you can borrow. If you are constantly "mortgaged to the hilt" in terms of your time and energy expenditure you are setting yourself up to make bad decisions and miss opportunities when something that is genuinely worth all that time and effort comes along. You should never run any system at "full capacity" for very long.