The Push To Be Perfect

It's almost impossible to get into the flow state if you're doing something you don't like. Look for experiences that are inherently enjoyable, meaningful, or satisfying.

Even in our dream job, we might have to do repetitive or unpleasant work. But, if you generally find it difficult to fin...

The most infamous comment in the Unix source code is “You are not expected to understand this,” which appeared before some hairy context-switching code. It turned out that Dennis Ritchie and co-author Ken Thompson didn’t understand it themselves and later had to rewrite it.

Warning readers ...

• Recognise when you're telling yourself the story you rather want to hear. If you talk yourself into it or try to justify it, then it's probably a story, not the truth.
• Don't act based on the story. The more you support the story with actions and co...