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…it’s so important to skill up on quitting, because having the option to quit is what will keep you from being paralyzed by uncertainty or being stuck forever in every decision you make.
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12 |
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While it is true that quitting is one of your most important tools for making good decisions under uncertainty, it is also true that uncertainty is an impediment to making good decisions about quitting.
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14 |
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We’re not omniscient. We don’t have crystal balls or time machines. All we have is our best assessment of an uncertain and changing landscape and the hope that we have honed our quitting skills enough to walk away when conditions turn against us.
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21 |
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The hiring success rate of managers has long been estimated at just 50%, which completely squares with the uncertainty involved.
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31 |
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The important thing is to be better, not perfect. After all, we’re only human and we’re operating under conditions of uncertainty. It’s hard to time quitting decisions perfectly.
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126 |
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The beauty of having the option to quit is that it makes it easier for us to make decisions under uncertainty.
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235 |
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Getting through a strategic inflection point involves confusion, uncertainty and disorder, both on a personal level if you are in management and on a strategic level for the enterprise as a whole.
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123 |
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Perhaps, because of this uncertainty about its essence, the internet that has emerged is riven by conflict. It can best be described as the combination of frustrated idealism and strongly vested interests.
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013 |
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The wise will be humble enough to listen to others, creative enough to devise new solutions to our new problems, and bold enough in the face of uncertainty to give them a try.
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017 |
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If you turn uncertainty and insecurity upside down, opportunities drop out – and this is certainly an uncertain and insecure age.
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054 |
