| Tip 24 | How Good a Job Can I Do Today? |
It’s rewarding to do a good job and to be appreciated. Although most of us know this intuitively, we allow ourselves to be extremely selective about where and when we really go out of our way to excel. We dote over the design for the marketing department’s Next Big Thing project, or we’re quick to jump in to save the day in the face of some big, visible catastrophe, because our brains are wired to understand these moments as opportunities to show our proverbial stuff. We’ll even do our work in the middle of the night with a level of focus and detail that would normally bore us to tears. A dire situation will often bring out the best in us.
I’ve let that intoxicating feeling of elation keep me awake and ...
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