You should not have the need to hide your growth work. This means that it should be something you can show your team, brag about or at least be a learning opportunity for someone.
When your growth work and normal work aligns, you will never have to worry about wasting or stealing time.
It would be a great way to also apply the concept of learning in the open.
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It’s never something we need to hide, but instead it’s something we’re eager to share with our teams - ala “hey, I did some research on X, and maybe this is something that could be valuable for us to try”.
— Quote from Always do Extra - Ben Northrop highlights