What’s Your Basketball?

Michael Jordan was put on this earth to play basketball. It was fine that he went and played baseball for 18 months, but we're all really fortunate that Michael Jordan played basketball for as long as he did. And like, what's your basketball? And what's your zone of genius? And the best stuff exercise, as you will call, is over your largely, you know, teenager to adult years, when were you at your best? And you kind of list the categories, and then that's interesting, but what's more important is you kind of say, "Well, what about those things was your best stuff? " And I actually think what's most interesting is those sub-bullets. And usually those rhyme with each other a lot more often times than the top level. And so, you're kind of given this instruction booklet of what aspects of an experience usually bring out the best version of myself. And it can be wide-ranging. It can be the kind of people you're with. aspect of the project. It can be the function that you were asked to do. And I think what I try to push people with, and what I've pushed myself, is not that every decision and every experience you sign up for has to be perfectly the best stuff, but think about how far are you deviating from what this amazing like path that says, "Well, this is your best stuff. " — line or something. — And so, if just be careful if you're veering too far off on it.