Ben Coffee

You get to pick a new career based on one factor: Your job is to do the activity that most frequently puts you into a flow state.

Flow state = you feel fully immersed in your work, you're in "the zone," time flies by without you realizing it, etc.

What do you choose?

"People frequently get what they deserve, but it doesn't feel like it because the unspoken rule is that you only deserve it if you have (1) the courage to attempt it, (2) the guts to ask for it, and (3) the willingness try again when it doesn't work out the first time."

Try to disprove your best loved ideas

"You'll probably surprise yourself with what you can accomplish—if you're focused on one thing.

You'll probably frustrate yourself with what you fail to accomplish—if you're doing 5 or 7 or 10 things.

Nobody performs well when stretched in a half dozen directions."

"Clarity isn't about knowing what you want to do with your life, it's about knowing what you want to do this week.

You don't need to have it all figured out. You just need to know your next step."

"Compete externally and you compare.

Compete internally and you improve."

Most of the time, you don't need more information. You need more courage.

"Four questions that can tell you a lot:

1. When you wake up, do you expect today to have many joys or many frustrations?


2. When presented with an opportunity, do you have a bias toward action or do you postpone decisions?


3. When things go well for others, do you enjoy cheering them on or do you hate to hear about their success?


4. When things go wrong, do y

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