👇 On quitting:
To be a great decision-maker, you need to quit a lot.
Quitting gets a bad rap but it is at least as important (if not more) than sticking to things.
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To be a great decision-maker, you need to quit a lot.
Quitting gets a bad rap but it is at least as important (if not more) than sticking to things.
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It’s true that in order to succeed at anything you must have stick-to-itiveness.
But quit-to-itiveness tells you WHAT to stick to.
Be “quitty” to figure out when you should be “gritty.”
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But quit-to-itiveness tells you WHAT to stick to.
Be “quitty” to figure out when you should be “gritty.”
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Time is a valuable and limited resource. Quitting things fast that won’t bear fruit lets you spend that resource on more things that matter.
Plus, if you quit a lot you can better figure out what you do like!
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Plus, if you quit a lot you can better figure out what you do like!
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Quitting means you can try lots more stuff.
The more stuff you try, the better you will know know your own preferences.
You will be better at picking what it is you stick to.
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The more stuff you try, the better you will know know your own preferences.
You will be better at picking what it is you stick to.
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No matter if I spend ten thousand hours working on becoming a professional singer, I will never be that because I am tone deaf.
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If I try to become a singer, I need to figure that out as quickly as possible so I can quit and go spend my time on something I can succeed at (and enjoy more).
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We’ve been trained to think of quitting as a form of failure. But that’s not true.
The skill of knowing when and what you quit is what gets you to success.
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The skill of knowing when and what you quit is what gets you to success.
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