Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

This ebb and flow runs counter to the all-too-common constant grind of either perpetually working in an “inbetween zone” of moderately hard work or working at the utmost intensity nonstop.

a crazily powerful thing,” Goss told us. “It’s almost like the sole reason you do the work is to set the stage for what happens when you step away.

“It’s only when you step outside your comfort zone that you grow. Being uncomfortable is the path to personal development and growth. It is the opposite of complacency.

A little doubt and uncertainty is actually a good thing: It signals that a growth opportunity has emerged.

Ecological psychology suggests that the objects that surround us are not static; rather, they influence and invite specific behaviors.

On good days and bad days, you always show up.

Fatigue is a stimulus for growth. Broken is, well, just broken.

The little voice inside your head saying, “I can’t possibly do this,” is actually a sign that you’re on the right track.

By doing one thing at a time and devoting his full concentration to that one thing, Dr. Bob is able to do many things well