"The key is to enjoy hanging out on the edge. That is, you find it interesting to attempt things one step beyond where you are right now. It could be the edge of your ability or the edge of your knowledge or the edge of your network.
If you reach — but just a little — and you do it every week, then you'll take on challenges that are manageable... See more
Optimize for enthusiasm. Make as many choices as you can that leave you feeling energetic and interested. Pay attention to when you have the urge to pursue or participate in something and do more of it
Joy moves like weather, sudden, undeserved, soaking everything it touches.
Most of us hesitate at the threshold, trying to decide if it’s safe to step into the light. But joy doesn’t linger for deliberation. It passes through, brief and dazzling, and what it leaves behind is not possession but trace: the shimmer of having been met.