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Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives.
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There is no doubt that quitting is an important decision-making skill. Getting the decision right is sometimes a matter of life and death.
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At every moment of your life, you have a choice about whether to stay or whether to go. When you choose to stay, you are also choosing not to go. When you choose to quit, you are also choosing not to continue. It’s crucial to start realizing that those are the same, active decisions.
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What is true for grit is true for optimism. Optimism gets you to stick to things that are worthwhile. But optimism also gets you to stick to things that are no longer worthwhile. And life’s too short to do that.
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When it comes to business endeavors, career choices, or decisions about your personal life, we should all be striving for two things: First: you should find at least one person to be your quitting coach. Second, you should try to service in that role for the people you love.
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Life is just too short to be spending our time on things that aren’t worthwhile. We all need people around us who will tell us when we’re on the wrong path.
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…what does someone do when they’re forced to quit the goal they’ve been working for their entire life? The answer is, of course, that they have to start looking for a new goal to aspire to.
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Quitting when the time is right is accomplishing something valuable. Following through on an unless gives you a way to live that.
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Our lives are better if we have a larger portfolio of skills and opportunities available to us. The myopia that goals cause limits the size of that portfolio, because we don’t look for or see alternatives.
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Busywork generally gets a bad rap in our real lives, but when we choose it for ourselves, it actually helps us feel quite contented and productive.
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