Atlas Manual
Success by Subtraction Mastery Manual
6 terms across 2 themes — every definition in the Atlas sourced from this manual, with executive examples and counter-moves.
6 of 6 terms
Mental Models · Social
Energy Vampires
People, tasks, and inputs that quietly drain disproportionate energy relative to value returned.
Mental Models · Decision
Essentialism
Greg McKeown's discipline of the disciplined pursuit of less but better.
Mental Models · Decision
Opportunity Cost Audit
Every yes is a no to everything else competing for that hour, dollar, or slot.
Mental Models · Decision
Success by Subtraction
Progress more often comes from removing the wrong things than adding the right ones — cut activities, commitments, beliefs, relationships that drain.
Mental Models · Decision
Via Negativa
Taleb's principle: knowledge advances more reliably by what you remove than by what you add.
Mental Models · Decision
Zero-Based Calendaring
Rebuild your calendar from scratch every quarter rather than inheriting it from the last one.