Aaron wants to focus on enjoyable work as he gets older, but Mike Andes argues that after 15 years of proving himself, Aaron has earned that choice. For people early in their careers, though, the advice is different: get comfortable being uncomfortable.
Now, as I'm getting a little older, I would really like to start focusing and channeling on things that I enjoy versus things that I have to do.
There's certainly something to be said about doing the hard work despite not enjoying it. Whether or not you enjoy it doesn't make a difference the fact that the work still needs to get done. But for Aaron, he's been doing this for 15 years now, and he's proven to himself and all of us that he's able to do the work even if he doesn't enjoy it. So the advice that I give Aaron might not be the same advice I'd give to someone that is in year one, two, or three when I just tell them, look, you got to get comfortable being uncomfortable.
