Nope. Doesn't work.
"The Universe" despite all its chaos, "knows" when you are not looking and suckerpunches you, or massively overloads both your flanks at once when much of your energy is focused in a single direction. (This may be the expression of energy that bring chaos your way, in fact)
There is some gainful return to be had in reaching ones limits, though. I think you know this.
I hope you win both the fights with interviewers and the dom/sub crucibles ordealt and inflicted upon you by understabbed, pilot-version SOs.
Understabbed? You think?
I would have said the opposite.
I won the job interview. Came home to an email saying they want me in Florida for round two.
("...We could fly you out during the evening, have you interview and fly back next day so you would only miss one day of work"... this is so new, I feel like a yuppie *wince*)
Partial victory on the home front. Would have been more if I hadn't been so paranoid about putting myself in optimal condition for the interview. I still don't take enough risks.