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Morgan E.

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Extra effort without extra results

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.

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Quit Already: 7 Ways To Know When It's Time To Cut Your Losses

Quit Already: 7 Ways To Know When It's Time To Cut Your Losses

http://blog.highperformancelifestyle.net/quit-already/

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Gaurav Bhasin

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How to Know When It's Time to Quit

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.
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-know-when-its-time-to-quit-5948908

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Before You Call It Quits

Before You Call It Quits
  • Make sure you've identified the real causes of your unhappiness. Keep a diary of events and problems.
  • Give it a chance. Many things, like diets, require time to work out.
  • Try m...

Quit When...

  • You're consistently experiencing more frustration than reward.
  • You can't envision a possible solution or continuing this way.
  • Spending time on this keeps you from more rewarding endeavors or seriously damages your well-being.
  • You're staying for the wrong reasons.
  • Your friends keep telling you to quit.
  • Don't think of quitting as either good or bad in itself or a reflection of your self-worth.

Zachary

@zachary56

Quitting as a Productivity Habit

Quitting as a Productivity Habit

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.
https://medium.com/personal-growth/quitting-as-a-productivity-habit-c776ca9d85fb

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When you quit with intention, you free up more time, money and energy for the things that really matter to your long-term goals.

Quitting is underrated

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.

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Connor H.

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How to Know When to Quit | Scott H Young

How to Know When to Quit | Scott H Young

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.
https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2018/10/11/how-to-know-when-to-quit/

scotthyoung.com

The Commitment Muscle

Sticking through things longer builds resilience. But sticking through on a bad idea, project or effort can lose you years of your life.

The goal is to increase your ability to susta...

Quitting Points

They are pre-specified periods of time, effort or stress that you decide you’re willing to endure before you step back and re-evaluate.

Pick Your Quitting Point

  • 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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