success is less about adding what enables you, more about removing what prevents you.

nassim taleb calls it via negativa.

most productivity advice is additive. new habits, new tools, new frameworks.

but the most powerful move as a creator is subtractive.

remove the feeds. remove the notifications. remove the apps.

remove everything that consumes your attention before you've created anything.

what's left is your natural state: a mind with space to think, generate, and create.

the blank page isn't the problem.

what you consumed before you sat down is.