It feels great to finish one thing and move on to the next. It’s the most natural of progressive movements.
Similarly, it’s comfortable working within easy and hard projects simultaneously.
Both of these types of advancements are measured vertically or horizontally. As you work through a list, for example, you are accomplishing multiple tasks. Over time, you are moving throughout a horizontal timeline to do so.
The trick is to move the timeline vertically.
By accomplishing more items spanning a wider breadth, you are ensuring growth – and you can confirm it visually.
It’s how the hockey stick pattern came to be. Diagonal growth is the healthiest of all. Move diagonally and you’ll find yourself looking down when you “remember that time when….”
