# Chapter 75

Josh Spector [writes](https://medium.com/an-idea-for-you/you-dont-have-a-time-management-problem-you-just-think-you-do-ac8eb6952b06) : “It sounds cliche, but your time management goal shouldn’t be to figure out how to do more, but instead to figure out how to want less.”

These execs at company A and company B that I have been referencing these last couple of days, know they could say no. They simply don’t want to. They are warped in a particular way that their time management goal is to cram more and more into each day. Personally I think they are bored with the job that they are being paid to do, because I failed to find a single person in these companies who was thrilled, or even satisfied, with their performance.

Wanting less is really powerful. I keep my business model small and high impact on purpose. There are endless requests to take on more clients, and generally say “no” to all such requests. I don’t want more clients. I want fewer but better clients. It reminds me of a baseball themed movie I watched with my kids when they were small. One of the main lines in the story was “less is more.” It is never more true, than when we are talking about our schedules and calendars.

Wanting less at the electronics story, wanting less at the grocery store, wanting that one high impact interaction rather than being needed by 100’s of people is more. These kinds of decisions and actions will lead you to what you want far more, and end in higher contentment and satisfaction all the way around. In fact I want argue that wanting less is the cornerstone of contentment, not only the best way to manage your time.