Issue #22May 9, 2026
The Quiet Line
Deliberate deoptimisation, the underrated career strategy nobody is selling courses about.
Optimisation is a religion now. Everyone is optimising their morning, their inbox, their lifts, their relationships. This week's issue is the case for deliberate deoptimisation - choosing, on purpose, the slower line.
Three things in this issue: (1) the Ikigai re-read that started this thread; (2) two interviewees who quietly chose the quiet line and why it worked; (3) a single question to ask yourself this weekend.
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- Sachin
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