You Can Be Happy Doing Tons Of Work

You can be happy doing tons of work when it feels like a mission, involves varied challenges, forces you to grow, brings you together with interesting people, lets you capture value you create, and compounds. Most people can find this fit if they're willing to invest in searching for it while building themselves into someone who can contribute.

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You can be happy doing tons of work when

• it feels like your life's mission,
• furthering it involves doing a wide variety of stuff,
• it forces/empowers you to grow in ways you never previously thought yourself capable of,
• it brings you together with tons of people you find interesting,
• you capture a large portion of the value you create, and
• you create value in a way that compounds.

I recognize most people aren’t in that situation, which is why I included the condition “when the fit is right.”

And I realize that finding a fit like that takes a massive up-front investment of upskilling, introspection, putting yourself out there, choosing “fit” over prestige, stomaching uncertainty, etc.

But I do think that most if not all people can find it if they’re willing to put in the time & effort.

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