# The Hustle Is Dead to Me — MacSparky

<https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2020/12/the-hustle-is-dead-to-me>

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## What Jamie wrote

I have always disliked the use of this word "hustle", particularly in startups. It is a bit of a short hand for "work harder", but I can’t help but inferring a bit of the subtext too of "hustling someone". I like David Sparks reflection here too.

> It’s only recently, with this new insight, that I have come back to this idea of “the hustle.” With a little wisdom and understanding, I now realize that “the hustle” is dumb.
> 
> The rules, as taught to me, were wrong. It is not he-who-works-most wins. It is he-who-focuses-on-what-is-most-important who wins.

Focus beats hustle.

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