Filipides Greek is said to run from Marathon to Athens in 490 B.C. to deliver a message. According to a legend he died in a gate of Athens just after he had screamed ?Victory!?. And this is how he became a history.

Many years later Mr. Alexander G. Bell invented the telephone, delivered a message and become a part of the history as one of the biggest inventors.

Filipides died of exhaustion. Otherwise Bell changed the word and built his fortune.

In my opinion, it is nice to go for a jog from time to time and it is a great success to complete a marathon run. But this is not the best way of delivering messages. You can work hard or you can work smart. And how you want to become a history: exhausted or happy.

This post is inspired by one of the lectures of CRM GigaCon 2009 conference.