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Most of us aren’t lucky enough to have somebody… But we should all try to find someone who tells us the truth, whether it’s a close friend, a mentor, a coworker, a sibling, or a parent.

…like everything else that potentially improves quitting behavior, just because your portfolio is diversified doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re going to make great choices about what to quit and what to keep pursuing.

Altogether, the pass-fail nature of goals can impede progress, cause escalation of commitment, and stop us from considering the progress we make along the way as success.

To achieve the things we want to achieve, we have to be responsive to the way the world is changing around us and the way that we ourselves are changing.

Adding a few well-thought-out unlesses to our goals will help us achieve the flexibility that we’re seeking, be more responsive to the changing landscape, and reduce escalation of commitment to losing causes.

Leaders commonly fall into the trap of evaluating people solely by whether they’ve achieved a goal or not. When they do that, they’re increasing the potential for escalation of commitment.

A good set of kill criteria means you can win by achieving a goal or by successfully following those kill criteria.

Quitting when the time is right is accomplishing something valuable. Following through on an unless gives you a way to live that.

…developing an exploratory mindset is so important. You have to be making sure that you’ve got a good view of the landscape, that you are taking calls from recruiters, that you’re exploring other functions, and that you’re generally trying out new things…

…lots of hard things are not worth pursuing and the ability to walk away when it’s right is also a skill worth developing.