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What if your biggest breakthrough came from doing less, not more?
Three years ago, Sheila Slick decided to transform her entire life in 30 days: 5 a.m. wake-ups, hour-long workouts, meditation, journaling—the works. Day one? She crushed it. Day four? Snoozing until 6:30, checking social media before her feet hit the floor. By week two, she wasn't just back to her old routine—she was worse off because now she felt like she couldn't stick to anything.
Sound familiar?
Here's what the productivity culture won't tell you: massive changes aren't motivating—they're exhausting. Your brain treats them like a threat, and you're literally fighting millions of years of evolutionary wiring screaming, "This might kill us!"
But what happens when you make success so ridiculously small you'd be embarrassed not to do it? When putting on wor ...
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