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Why Getting Good at Your Job Quietly Makes It Boring
Boredom at work usually gets read as a verdict on the job, but the flow research says it's a signal that your skill outgrew the challenge — which makes engagement a staircase you climb, not a state you reach
Flow and Small Wins Are Two Halves of the Same Engine
Flow says lose yourself in the task; the progress principle says count your wins — they sound opposed, but they're the same feedback engine running on two timescales, with evidence from Csikszentmihalyi, Ilies, Amabile, and Ariely