10x more selective

That's awesome! He puts into words something that I've been trying to explain for years.

I'm leaving the military and a big part of it is the "can do attitude" or "loyalty before cleverness." Basically, because the chain of command cannot be subverted (for lots of good reasons) we end up doing a ton of work that just gets thrown away.

To simplify, Yossi says that the way to be 10x is to learn how and when to tell your management you're not going to do the thing. That's not only not an option in the military, it's literally illegal. We end up doing way too much stuff that gets abandoned and we regularly do useless work specifically because it emphasizes the point that we have to come to terms with doing useless work (to develop and prove loyalty).