While I was in Northwest Washington with my daughter last month, we attended a paint and sip class at a local coffee and wine shop. A local artist taught us how to paint an orca. I haven’t painted with acrylics in years, and I was rusty.

But here’s what I remembered: when you do what feels fun, you surprise yourself. I produced a painting I was genuinely proud of, not because I tried hard, but because I was fully present and enjoying the process. Bring that energy into your business. The tasks you love, you do better. Protect the parts of your work that feel like play. They’re often where your best ideas live.