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Your brain is the biggest obstacle.
There are lazy people, slackers, and folks who don’t step up, but generally, human beings are hardwired to hang in, not to leave or quit.
What’s hard for human beings is letting go.
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The most common biases
- You’re focused on the time and energy you’ve already invested, or the sunk cost fallacy.
- Your eyes are trained on positive cues -being overly optimistic and loss averse. Always trying harder and for longer.
- When we realize we’re likely to fail at a job or other ...
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Do this if you want to quit
- Get a bead on your emotions. Don’t set yourself up for a “straw-that-broke-the-camel’s back” moment.
Motivate yourself. Quitting isn’t an end in and of itself; it’s a pathway to a new destination.
Make a plan that not only sets your new goal but...
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Human beings have made it necessary to run towards something, even if there is nothing to run at. It’s always a belief that one’s life has to be moving and ju...
Elephant In The Room vs Elephant In The Brain
- EIR- An important issue that people are reluctant to acknowledge or address.
- EIB- An important but unacknowledged feature of how our minds work; an introspective taboo.*
We, human beings, are a species that’s capable of acting on hidden motives. Our brains are...
Human Failing In Man In The Middle
But what about folks who are falsely accused?
Ton-That would argue that’s a human failing. In the same way we’re still responsible for how we drive while using GPS—when the navigation says “turn right” and it’s not safe to do so—it’s up to us and our human brains to ignore it.
And he...
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