Do NOT work hard, but Work Smart. - Page 2

Nothing wrong with that.

Job security if he used the knife.

til some consultant restructures and recommends some other dude who shows up with a chain saw and puts all the knife wielders on welfare.

Not if he has a union.

There's no point in giving people that advice because the people worth telling it to have already figured it out and understood the limits of its application. Most people aren't smart. Telling them to work hard is better advice than telling them to reincarnate themselves as someone more intelligent.

+1

The adage is clearly referring to networking.