Codie Sanchez argues high performers win by doing less, not more. A single interruption takes 23 minutes to recover from, and checking email and Slack dozens of times daily fragments your attention. Her fix: no email before 11 AM, one priority task first, and skip unnecessary debates.
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People winning right now, they're not doing more. They're doing less on purpose. You're operating on System 1 most of the day, on autopilot, especially when the small choices, you don't even notice them. That's why these feel invisible. Research shows it takes up to 23 minutes to fully refocus after just one interruption. Most people, they check email, Slack, notifications 20 to 30 times a day. That's not multitasking. That's a full day of productivity wiped out by context switching. You waste 15 minutes every morning deciding what to work on. You set a rule. No email before 11 AM. One priority task first. No debate, no willpower. Fewer choices, more freedom. So if you're working 12-hour days and you're still stuck, it's actually not an effort problem. It's a focus problem. Those small decisions compound into your millions. You don't have to be richer. You don't have to be smarter. You just need to make better small decisions.