Joy is a legit fuel source. You’ll outwork people who hate what they’re doing without even trying.

Enjoying something is not a soft substitute for discipline, it is a practical advantage. Work you like gets more hours out of you, because you are not spending half your energy on making yourself begin. Across a year that difference compounds into a gap that looks like talent from outside.

Notice which parts of your work you do not have to force. Arrange your week so there is more of that and less of what drains you, wherever you have a say. Liking it is allowed to be a reason.