Once you have reached a certain point in a project, in life, or in any activity for that matter, doing more does not necessarily bring your better results.
If you want to boil some water, you need to heat it up to exactly 100° C. Anything past that won’t make the water “more boiled”, it is just a waste of time, heat and energy.
You're thinking of jumping ship. Maybe it's your job, a relationship, a degree, or some other commitment that's both so hard to keep doing and so hard to leave. Should you stay or should you go? Here's how to decide.
Quitting is underrated. There's a downside in hanging on to goals, and ideas for too long - but most people don't see it. Abandoning one path for another may bring greater rewards. Far from failure, pivoting or strategic quitting can lead to long-term success.
Successful people quit (or proactively adjust) a lot more often than people who aren’t successful. They stay flexible and open to new ideas or opportunities or ways of getting things done.
But never quit something with great long-term potential just because you can’t deal with the stress at the moment
Instead of continually trying to force yourself to do things you don’t want to do, let them go. Without the emotional weight and mental clutter of keeping things on your agenda that don’t absolutely need to be there, you’re much freer to rapidly move forward on what you really do want and need to get done.
Instead of continually trying to force yourself to do things you don’t want to do, let them go. Without the emotional weight and mental clutter of keeping things on your agenda that don’t absolutely need to be there, you’re much freer to rapidly move forward on what you really do want and need to get done.
You know the dilemma. You've been doing something for awhile, but it doesn't seem to be working. Should you keep going, and push through with it? Or quit and do something else? There's no right answer to this. Sometimes, sticking through will be the right answer.
Set shorter lengths of projects: set projects that are short enough that committing to them all the way is easy enough to do or break into chunks th bigger ones.
Set re-evaluation points for ongoing habits and goals.
Based on impact to other areas of your life. You can choose metrics like: time and how those things impact your life.
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