“If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that.”
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About this quote
It demands that you stop trading your time for bare minimums and start adding a small, deliberate extra step. Ask yourself: are you satisfied with enough, or will you put in one more minute, one more review, one more rep? Those tiny, consistent extras build reliability, skill, and momentum — the hard currency of progress.
When to use it
- At work, finish the task on time, then spend ten extra minutes polishing the details most people skip.
- In the gym, add one more rep or five more minutes of focused practice to push your progress.
- Before submitting an assignment, review it one more time and fix the small mistakes others miss.
- At home, stay five minutes longer to listen and respond fully, not just out of obligation.

