As adults, what we’re all supposed to do in America is overcome limits, get out of the comfort zone, push the envelope, and reach for more, more, always more. While this approach has accelerated progress and contributed to the lives of everyone on earth today, being satisfied with what one has, by contrast, is often considered unambitious, even lazy. As I absorbed the daily diet of American superachieving going on around me, I noticed a change in the way I thought about work.
