204 | Relentless Pursuit

The ultimate career skills...

• Finding work that feels like play
• Knowing how to put it down

Because too many hours of your life are spent at work, and no one wishes they worked more once they're done.

Of course, work that feels like play doesn't fall in your lap.

But slowly making it feel like leisure begins to pull us in the right direction.

Even if it takes a couple decades or (gasp!) a dip in income, it runs circles around grinding it out until you're worn to a nub or obsolete.

It's hard to comprehend the shift that occurs.

Work that doesn't feel like "work" is one thing.

But the upside of something that's fun versus something that's tedious is 🚀.

The real risk is work that feels like play might be hard to put down.

And it's easy to blame a client or a boss or an inbox for why work owns your life.

But every field has someone who is exceptional without being consumed.

That's who we want to notice - not to uncover their 10-step process, but to appreciate the courage needed to draw hard lines along the way.

What's the secret to a good career?

Relentless pursuit of work that feels like play.

And relentless pursuit of how to put it down.