Do less, achieve more

Sam Hodges
April 28, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

Hi, I’m Sam, a Product Designer and creative freelancer. In this newsletter I explore living and working online. Thanks for being here, you can opt out anytime.

Do less, achieve more.

That’s becoming my MO this year.

In a professional sense I’ve narrowed my focus down to 2 areas:

Contributing as a Product Designer
Upskilling in no-code development

Tbh it’s still a lot of work, but trust me the list was x10 longer last year.

It’s meant walking away from a profitable business (or two), turning down some job offers and avoiding the urge to pursue every ‘good idea’.

But in removing 80% of the distraction, I’ve been able to go much deeper on the 20% that matters. And the by-product of greater intentionality is greater satisfaction.

I’ll sign out this week with the 3 pillars of Slow Productivity from Cal Newport’s new book:

Do fewer things
Work at a natural pace
Obsess over quality

Have a good week all,

Sam