Subtract to Succeed

Subtract to Succeed

Day 35: No More. No Less.

The discipline of right-sized effort

Feb 25, 2026
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🎵 Today’s song: Shake it Off (Taylor’s Version) — Taylor Swift

So what effort can you drop that wasn’t even landing in the first place?

Because “players gonna play, haters gonna hate.” So you might as well save yourself the energy…

This is not a ban on excellence or dedication or striving. By all means, there are times to go ‘all in,’ or ‘all out,’ depend…

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