The Pleasure of Added Resistance: Working at the Edge of Your Ability

by Shannon O'Donnell

An old boyfriend of mine, while a young adult, once spent a Saturday with his best friend taking apart and reassembling his car's engine. The intent wasn't to make improvements. They were simply curious about the engine's assembly and about their own ability to do something that was more ambitious than other such experiments they had tried. Apparently not ambitious enough, however, as they decided to increase the challenge by carrying out the entire activity, start to finish, wearing roller skates.

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The Pleasure of Added Resistance: Working at the Edge of Your AbilityThu May 01 08:12:42 CDT 2008