Do Less, Get Better: I Removed a Good Chapter

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I cut a chapter from my habits book today.

The book had 21 chapters. One of them covered moving averages: judging yourself by the trend instead of a single day.

But when I read through the book as a whole, the chapter made it worse by being there.

So I cut it. The book is 20 chapters now. It reads better.

Cutting the good piece can strengthen the whole.

The chapter was good. The book is better without it.

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What would your current project look like with 20% less?