1 hr 21 min

Exploring the book “Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away” by Annie Duke IDEA Collider

    • Life Sciences

Quitting is a valuable skill. It’s important for dealing with uncertainty, yet we are quite bad at exercising it. It should not be just about sticking to things. Quitting is also good, particularly when we have to start most things. Persisting at something when it’s worthwhile is definitely a good character trait but persisting at something when it’s no longer worthwhile is not a good character trait. Calibrate around the notion, “is it worthwhile to stick? "

Quitting is a valuable skill. It’s important for dealing with uncertainty, yet we are quite bad at exercising it. It should not be just about sticking to things. Quitting is also good, particularly when we have to start most things. Persisting at something when it’s worthwhile is definitely a good character trait but persisting at something when it’s no longer worthwhile is not a good character trait. Calibrate around the notion, “is it worthwhile to stick? "

1 hr 21 min