The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)
the smartest people are realistic about not imagining light when there isn’t any.
Seth Godin • The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)
That’s why they call those jobs dead-end jobs. There’s not a lot to say about the Cul-de-Sac except to realize that it exists and to embrace the fact that when you find one, you need to get off it, fast. That’s because a dead end is keeping you from doing something else. The opportunity cost of investing your life in something that’s not going to g
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Best is subjective. I (the consumer) get to decide, not you. World is selfish. It’s my definition, not yours. It’s the world I define, based on my convenience or my preferences. Be the best in my world and you have me, at a premium, right now.
Seth Godin • The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)
Influencing one person is like scaling a wall. If you get over the wall the first few tries, you’re in. If you don’t, often you’ll find that the wall gets higher with each attempt. Influencing a market, on the other hand, is more of a hill than a wall. You can make progress, one step at a time, and as you get higher, it actually gets easier. People
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If you find yourself facing either of these two curves, you need to quit. Not soon, but right now. The biggest obstacle to success in life, as far as I can tell, is our inability to quit these curves soon enough.
Seth Godin • The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)
every day you get better at something that isn’t that useful—and you are another day behind others who are learning something more useful.
Seth Godin • The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)
Because day to day, it’s easier to stick with something that we’re used to, that doesn’t make too many waves, that doesn’t hurt.
Seth Godin • The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)
Actually, quitting as a short-term strategy is a bad idea. Quitting for the long term is an excellent idea.
Seth Godin • The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)
The challenge is simple: Quitting when you hit the Dip is a bad idea. If the journey you started was worth doing, then quitting when you hit the Dip just wastes the time you’ve already invested. Quit in the Dip often enough and you’ll find yourself becoming a serial quitter, starting many things but accomplishing little. Simple: If you can’t make i
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Best as in: best for them, right now, based on what they believe and what they know. And in the world as in: their world, the world they have access to.