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In The Importance of Being Smart, I wrote how smart people can achieve much more – with much less effort – than those who just work hard. There’s a comment there by Frode that I’d like to discuss: "lazy people seem to be smarter, as they use a lot of brain energy on finding an easier way to do stuff."

Interesting, isn’t it? Lazy people seem to be smarter. But I agree that thinking like lazy people is a good way to work smart. Here are two reasons:

Lazy people find ways to accomplish something with the least amount of effort. If you are lazy, you will diligently find ways not to work. Applied to finishing tasks, it means that you try to accomplish it with the least amount of work possible.

Lazy people ensure that when they work, they do things that have impact. Why? Because it allows them to gain more with less. They don’t bother doing something that won’t give them results.

Of course, what I mean here is thinking like lazy people, not actually being lazy. You still need to have strong work ethic. But you also need to do things the smart way.

Here are four things you will do if you think like a lazy person:

1. Question whether or not something is worth doing. Don’t do something just because everyone else does it. Ask yourself: is it really necessary? Is it really worth doing? If the answer is no then there is no reason to do it.

2. Do only things with the most impact. Your resources are limited so invest them only on things that give you the most return. Think ROI.

3. Take the shortest path. Don’t waste your time on unnecessary bells and whistles. Do only the things that are necessary to get the job done. Cut everything else.

4. Use as much leverage as possible. Before doing something, find the things you can leverage. Do you know someone in your network who can do it better or faster than you? Can you market it to your existing customers? Can you achieve more than one thing at once? Whatever you do, always use the power of leverage to your advantage.

 

在《聪明人的重要性》中，我描述了聪明人如何可以比那些只是勤劳工作的人用较少的努力获得更多。现在我想讨论一下弗罗德的一句话：“懒人似乎更聪明些，因为他们总是绞尽脑汁寻求做事的简便方法。”

是不是很有趣？懒人似乎更聪明些。但是我同意像懒人那样思考是聪明工作的好办法。有如下两条理由：

1、懒人总是用最少的力气完成某事。如果你很懒惰，你将会致力于寻找不工作的方法。将之应用到完成任务中时，这意味着你试图用尽可能少的工作来完成它。

2、懒人在工作的时候，他们所做的事情一定对工作影响。为什么？因为这样他们能付出较少获得较多。他们不会去做那些没有结果的事。

当然，我指的是像懒人那样思考，而不是变得懒惰。你需要有强烈的职业道德，但是你也需要巧妙办事。

如果你想像懒人那样思考，下面是你需要做的四件事：

1、质疑这件事是否值得做。不要因为别人都做，你就去做。问你自己：是否有必要？是否真的值得做？如果答案是否，那么就没有理由去做它了。

2、只做那些最有影响的事。你的资源是有限的，所有就只有把它们投资在带给你最大回报的事上。考虑下投资收益率。

3、走最短路径。不要把你的时间浪费在附属的东西上。只做能完成工作的必要事情。省去其他所有事情。

4、尽可能多的使用杠杆效应。在做事之前，发现一些你可以撬动的因素。你认识一些比你做的更快更好的人？你能否把产品推销给现有的客户群？你能一次性达到多个目标吗？无论你做什么，记得利用杠杆效应的优势。