Earlier this week, the London Zoo unveiled its new habitat for Galapagos tortoises. The last step, of course, was moving the tortoises from their old habitat to their new one. Based on long, painful (mostly from fingers suddenly getting crunched in shells) experience, I can tell you that there are few experiences less enjoyable than trying to convince a large, stubborn tortoise to go somewhere that it is not inclined to - carrying them is seldom a workable option once they reach a certain size.
Fortunately, the zoo decided that there was a simpler, easier way to get the giant reptiles from Point A to B... and it gave the big guys some enrichment and exercise as a bonus. The doors were opened, and the tortoises just... walked. It took some time, and some bribes of vegetables, but everyone got where they needed to go stress free, and no keepers suffered hernias.
That's working smarter, not harder, for you.
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