Living a Highly Engaged Life

Kimberly Shyu
2 min readFeb 3, 2022
Photo by Simon Berger on Unsplash

I recently listened to a discussion on the topic of highly engaged employees: what does it mean to be one? What kinds of impacts can they have? It reminded me of living a highly engaged life — one in which you are actively contributing. One in which you can produce outcomes orders of magnitude higher than those who are not living an engaged life. But life’s not a competition against others. It’s a competition against yourself. How far are you willing to go? How much are you willing to endure? What results do you seek — not from others, but from yourself?

Whether you already love your life and approach each day with vigor and optimism, or you feel there are areas you want to improve (or some combination of both), living a highly engaged life means taking control.

A highly engaged person is challenged. They don’t know it all, and that’s exactly how they like it. They want to grow. They want to learn. They want to improve. They do so willingly, and without trepidation.

They approach their endeavors with curiosity, prioritize them according to impact, then execute them with discipline.

Highly engaged people do not waste time or effort… on anything or anyone, anywhere, anytime. Each atomic moment holds vast potential, if not for productivity, for…

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Kimberly Shyu

Deep Tech Product Leader, creative writer, and published artist. Writes about personal growth, leadership, writing, and product development. www.kimshyu.com.