I’d also add that it’s something many of us no longer need to prove to ourselves. When you are new, you have to at least prove to yourself once that you can be

I’d also add that it’s something many of us no longer need to prove to ourselves. When you are new, you have to at least prove to yourself once that you can be this ‘machine’. Once you’ve proven it, how is that a goal anymore? I’m not interested in that anymore either. There are more optimal ways to being this machine than just slamming one’s head against a keyboard, the proverbial work smarter, not harder.