Why Working Smarter Is Not Enough

Optimal efficiency is futile if it doesn’t contribute to your goals

6 min readMay 16, 2021

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“Work smarter, not harder” is a staple quote in the world of business and startup inspiration porn. At face value, I think we all can agree that this is nothing short of a solid piece of advice.

Fredrik Holm

Written by Fredrik Holm

Founder of Flowmine: https://flowmine.com. Helping and inspiring entrepreneurs to take their business to the next level.

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