Stretch

Foreword

My life's work has been about helping people use social science to solve the most important problems of their lives-like breaking stubborn habits or holding high-stakes conversations with stubborn colleagues. Over the years I've been blessed to work with not only some of the finest scholars in the world, but some of the finest human beings as well. Which brings me to the pages that follow.

Stretch is a story-filled delightful read. It is timely and important. It pulls together what we know about staying relevant today and appropriately anticipating tomorrow. It is no ordinary book. The well-informed practices presented in Stretch will help you take control of your future and get the career and life you want.

Stretch is everything I strive for in my own work. It is the expression of careful but seductive academic rigor. You'll get smarter and feel pleasure while doing it. I would have happily endorsed the book on its own merits, but that it was co-authored by a person I deeply admire made it not only proper but an honor to comply.

In taking on this topic, the authors argue that we've moved past 330 B.C., when Aristotle wrote, “All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.” In a refreshing nod to self-empowerment, the authors counter that full engagement of the mind at work is not just possible but life altering. Work matters. The two choices you make in life that most shape who you become are whom to live with and whom to work with. Stretch will not only help you create ...