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Choosing less is not laziness, it is strategy

Productivity improves not when everything is done efficiently, but when fewer things are done for reasons that still make sense.

Tessa Vaughn

Tessa Vaughn

11 Jan 2026 3 min
Choosing less is not laziness, it is strategy
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