Book Titles

Deliberate practice is often the opposite of enjoyable.

Pushing past what’s comfortable… is only one part of the deliberate-practice story; the other part is embracing honest feedback – even if it destroys what you thought was good.

…it’s in honest, sometimes harsh feedback that you learn where to retrain your focus in order to continue to make progress.

Without this patient willingness to reject shiny new pursuits, you’ll derail your efforts before you acquire the capital you need.

Giving people more control over what they do and how they do it increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment.

When no one cares what you do with your working life, you probably don’t have enough career capital to do anything interesting.

…when it comes to decisions affecting your core career, money remains an effective judge of value.

When deciding whether to follow an appealing pursuit that will introduce more control into your work life, seek evidence of whether people are willing to pay for it. If you find this evidence, continue. If not, move on.

Unless people are willing to pay you, it’s not an idea you’re ready to go after.

Missions are powerful because they focus your energy toward a useful goal, a crucial factor in loving what you do.