We have come to a point where if you are not constantly busy, you feel or are made to feel lazy. Busyness has been glorified and if you are doing less compared to the next person, you are being lazy and unproductive. Society's relentless emphasis on constant activity has led us to equate busyness with success. However, we need to start recognizing that saying “yes” to everything dilutes your energy, focus and results.

Strategic under commitment doesn’t mean you lack ambition; it simply means you have arrived at a place in life where you now know what to abandon, defer, or decline entirely. It means you now prioritize outcomes over optics. It’s the decision to choose depth over breadth, investing your time where it creates the most value rather than spreading yourself too thin.

But committing to doing less requires courage - something that grows with experience. It challenges you to unlearn the instinct to prove your worth through constant activity and adopt the power of deliberate restraint. The fewer things you commit to, the more room you have for excellence, creativity and sanity.