Don't paper your juniors

Do athletes get better by not exerting themselves?

No.

It’s deliberate, controlled stress that makes you stronger.

It’s the same when you want to teach someone.

Give them only easy tasks, and they will never learn.

You need to stress them out.

But there are two kinds of stress.

Good stress, with enough recovery and motivation, makes them stronger.

Bad stress brings them down and makes them quit.

How do you cause good stress?

Give them a difficult challenge worth solving.

How do you cause bad stress?

Push them hard without empathy on a task they don’t care about.

Best regards,

Taj