Three years into a consulting career that looked successful on paper, I was staring out a plane window at nothing in particular, asking,  What is this actually for? Alabama on Tuesday. Ohio on Thursday. Good firm with good people to work with, meaningful and intellectually stimulating work, satisfied and not-overly-obnoxious clients. By all measures, things were going well. And yet, I was profoundly unsatisfied. It wasn’t the only time I’ve felt that. Whether it was securing a fully funded scholarship for my PhD or landing my dream job, I just could not find sustained satisfaction. The signs pointed back to me and what I was valuing in those situations. I  knew  what the next step for my career was, but none of it  felt  meaningful. As a behavioral scientist, I started asking questions and running experiments to see if I could change it. I eventually found that I could.…