Subtract to Succeed

Subtract to Succeed

Day 34: STOP Working Too Hard

Rightsize Your Efforts For the Outcome You Actually Care About

Feb 24, 2026
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🎵 Today’s song: Work - Rihanna, Drake

Reminder, STOP is a pause.

A moment to get quiet, and gather some data about how it’s actually going.

Today, in the context of subtracting overwork, here are some suggestions of data you might collect:

  • What did you spend the most time on today?
    Was it worth that much time?

  • How long did you spend writing your last ema…

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