focused on difficult activities, carefully chosen to stretch your abilities where they most need stretching and that provide immediate feedback.

taking on projects that were beyond his current comfort zone;

dedication to stretching his ability, guided by feedback.

I want to spend time on what’s important, instead of what’s immediate,

The key thing is to force yourself through the work, force the skills to come; that’s the hardest phase,

In Wrzesniewski’s research, the happiest, most passionate employees are not those who followed their passion into a position, but instead those who have been around long enough to become good at what they do.