The Ultimate Productivity Hack Is Saying No

Built on a single principle borrowed from programming culture ("there is no code faster than no code") and the line that not doing something will always be faster than doing it. Clear works through the cost of yes — meetings, projects, friendships of obligation — and the cost of no, then argues that as your work gets better, the bar for what's worth saying yes to should rise rather than fall. The ultimate productivity hack isn't a system; it's a more disciplined refusal.