In praise of quitting
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In praise of quitting
SECTION I The Case for Quitting
Annie Duke • Quit
when you’re currently employed, you have a mental account open. Being forced to quit caused all those people to close those accounts. We know that when you have an account open, it’s difficult to walk away. You feel like a failure, that you fell short, or that you gave up. There are so many cognitive forces working against you. But when there was
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Smart quitting is such a vital skill.
Something that my Substack audience generally doesn’t know about me: before I was known as a writer, I was a mediocre singer-songwriter, in my early 20s. I’d taken this up after failing to finish a novel had tanked my mental health. I told everyone I was done with writing, but I still needed some way to get... See more
Something that my Substack audience generally doesn’t know about me: before I was known as a writer, I was a mediocre singer-songwriter, in my early 20s. I’d taken this up after failing to finish a novel had tanked my mental health. I told everyone I was done with writing, but I still needed some way to get... See more