Dr. Laurie Santos

You're trying to learn an instrument or some sort of new way to code something.

You're trying to learn an instrument or some sort of new way to code something.

At first, that might be really frustrating as you don't understand it.

At first, that might be really frustrating as you don't understand it.

But that moment where you get in the flow, where you're learning something, you're getting that positive feeling.

But that moment where you get in the flow, where you're learning something, you're getting that positive feeling.

And then at the end, when you finish it, that's the kind of thing that really matters.

And then at the end, when you finish it, that's the kind of thing that really matters.

It's not because you're going to get to some endpoint of turn something in or get a perfect grade or get a perfect quarterly report.

It's not because you're going to get to some endpoint of turn something in or get a perfect grade or get a perfect quarterly report.

It's really those mini challenges where you get those hits of accomplishment along the way.

It's really those mini challenges where you get those hits of accomplishment along the way.

That's what we really want to be building towards rather than this sort of big thing at the end.

That's what we really want to be building towards rather than this sort of big thing at the end.

What we don't want to do is get really caught up in the arrival in specific things, specific accolades.

What we don't want to do is get really caught up in the arrival in specific things, specific accolades.

Again, in part because we're mispredicting how good they're going to feel.

Again, in part because we're mispredicting how good they're going to feel.

They're not going to feel as good as we think.

They're not going to feel as good as we think.