Stretch opportunities can be hugely beneficial for your career. They provide opportunities to learn and grow very quickly while building your toolkit of skills and experience that can be applied to future opportunities.

When we apply the "high eyes" approach to life—looking beyond the next hour, next meeting, next day—and focus on what our inspired goal or future is, and what we need to change or adopt in order to get there, it can transform how we approach our life and work. But life does it's absolute best to keep us focused on whatever issue/challenge/person is demanding our attention right now. (Constant, compulsive connectivity does not help this.)

Just as corporations need to innovate to stay ahead, professionals must continually reinvent themselves to remain competitive in their careers. In today’s fast-paced world, staying relevant isn’t just an option—it’s essential.