My challenge for you in 2026 - do better, not more.

That might sound like the same thing as "work less" but it's not. The goal isn't to slack off. It's to stop confusing activity with progress. 

There's this concept called Parkinson's Law - work expands to fill the time you give it. Think back to school when you had two weeks to finish a project but waited until the night before. Somehow you still got it done. That's not just procrastination - that's proof that constraints force focus. 

Give yourself 10 hours to finish something, and it takes 10 hours. Give yourself 6 and somehow it still gets done. 

My team at Foresight has been on a 4-day workweek since May 2024. Our productivity numbers are essentially the same as when we worked five days. That's not a theory - we tracked it. 

Me? I still work 5 days a week due to running more than one business. But I'm applying the same principle. I say no a lot more than I used to. I protect my calendar. I turn down meetings that don't move anything forward. Because every yes is a no to something else - and I'd rather that something else be rest, exercise, family, or deep work that actually matters. 

No doubt, there are seasons that demand longer days. I'm not pretending otherwise. But if "more hours" is always your answer to getting more done, I promise you there is a diminishing return on those extra hours. 

Give it a shot. Give yourself a set time to get your work done and see what happens.