Confusing effective with effort

The hard way is about effectiveness and effort.

Effectiveness is the part to be most careful about. Walking the hard way can often be done slowly and patiently. However, the fake path will go nowhere.

If a pursuit has a deadline or steep costs, going slowly won't do...

The job of a leader is to get the right team, which according to an estimate provides three times more output than an average team.

The work of a leader isn’t as simple as hiring the best talent, and merely putting smart people together as a team is not an...

While no one like admitting it, sheer laziness is the No one Contributor to lost productivity.

In fact, a number of so-called time-saving methods, take meetings and emails for example, are actually just ways to get out of doing real work. 

Place your focus on...