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Quit Already: 7 Ways To Know When It's Time To Cut Your Losses
If your body is aching, if you friends and family are begging you to stop or at least to slow down, if the results are not there, the fun is not there, but you keep on going, it could be because you’ve become immune to the red flags. You’ve learned to tune out the pain and the negative and concentrate on the end goal.
Take a step back and examine the red flags.129 SAVES
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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 l..."
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.”
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Sticking through things longer builds resilience. But sticking through on a bad idea, project or effort can lose you years of your life.
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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.