A Weekly Pause to Move You Forward
You’re reading Infinite Momentum: a Sunday reflection followed by 130+ thoughtful executives, founders, and creatives navigating growth, change, and clarity.
Before we begin this week, I just want to briefly acknowledge the dedication I see from so many of you.
The quiet progress you’re making for yourselves and the people around you doesn’t go unnoticed.
"The soul grows by subtraction, not addition."
You probably don’t need more.
More inputs, more systems, more edge. New habits. New goals. More stuff.
Consider that growth isn’t always additive. Sometimes it’s subtractive.
Sometimes, it’s the quiet removal of what no longer fits that gives the best ROI. Not even because it failed, but because it’s finished.
It could be a project that once energized you or a role you mastered a year ago.
Perhaps it’s about letting go of a version of yourself you created to navigate a different time in your life.
Or, maybe it’s a relationship that hasn’t energized you in years, but you keep feeding it out of habit or guilt.
Whatever it is, there’s often an accumulating effect as we seek out more and more, which over time turns into a form of clutter. We forget to clear.
In constantly chasing more, it is easy to forget the power of subtraction.
If you check your calendar right now, maybe next week looks full, but how many upcoming commitments are you looking forward to? How many will make you feel better?
Don’t be fooled, though. This is much deeper than calendar invites.
You’ve probably felt it before, maybe sitting in a meeting or a relationship or a role, realizing it looks fine on paper, but something in you has already left the building. You’ve outgrown something.
It’s not always obvious that something’s over, but you feel it.