The parachute books suggests that a good proxy for the skills you are good at is the skills you enjoy using. The argument is that you usually don't enjoy someth

The parachute books suggests that a good proxy for the skills you are good at is the skills you enjoy using. The argument is that you usually don't enjoy something for which you have little ability. But another argument for this is that you only become successful by sticking at something - you know, it's mostly "turning up", overnight success takes a long time. And there's the Dweck/Gladstone observation that it takes 10,000 hours to become good at something. So if you enjoy it (not necessarily find it pleasurable, but meaningful and worthwhile), you can do that. I don't know if you can become world-class with 10,000 hours alone, or if you need a special potential. But one thing seems clear to me: if you have some aptitude, and you practice 10,000 hours, you'll be damn good. And if you enjoy it, find it meaningful and worthwhile, it's probably pretty close to maximum fulfillment.