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eliminate effort

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I play a lot of Overcooked. My family LOVES it!

Innovercooked you’re a group of chefs trying to cook and plate orders in kitchens engineered for inefficiency.

I think it’s fine — i guess — But it’s revealed how I work.

I HATE effort.

Remember the old adage “work smarter, not harder?”

I live there every second of every day.

Effort is always a symptom of broken thinking. It’s a sign of poor collaboration.

Ideas that produce effort are shadows of their visions // gross fix this

A system that can’t get enough Xs to produce Y is a broken system.

A system and


Our language around work is all about effort.

Hustle. Grind. Push. Blast.