Rock Star Good.....................

Decide to become Rock Star Good, i.e. really, really good at what you do, and aim to do this with as many aspects of your job as you can over time.  E-mail is a pain if you don't have a system.  If you dread the monthly presentation to the board, it will cast a shadow over much of your job:  decide to become really good at doing that presentation.  Who knows where it might lead?   We keep coming back to this point:  don't be seduced by the obvious, the childhood dream, the hobby.  Get good at what you do now and what you are best at will be revealed and you can begin to follow the path.

-Nicholas Bate, as excerpted from You, Only Better:  Find Your Strengths, Be The Best And Change Your Life