Seth Godin, author of some of the most popular career writing in the world, wrote a book disparaging the idea that “quitters never win.” Godin argued that “winners”—he generally meant individuals who reach the apex of their domain—quit fast and often when they detect that a plan is not the best fit, and do not feel bad about it. “We fail,” he

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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