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The one thing I want for you in 2026

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Etienne de Bruin
Dec 30, 2025
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I want to share three quick stories with you.

Marcus runs engineering for a fintech company. He has an executive assistant. He also reviews every calendar invitation she sends, rewrites half her emails, and spends Sunday nights reorganizing his week because he doesn’t trust anyone else to get it right. He tells me he’s exhausted. He tells me his EA “help…

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