Premeditated Quitting

I 've finished Seth Godin's little book The Dip.  It's profoundly-simple stuff.  I encourage you to pick it up, or at least read Seth's blog.  Here's another quote from the book.  And when it says "quit" it can mean your job, but it could be projects or programs or whatever. 

Here's an assignment for you: Write it down.  Write down under what circumstances you're willing to quit.  And when.  And then stick with it.

Here's a quote from ultramarathoner Dick Collins:

Decide before the race the conditions that will cause you to stop and drop out.  You don't want to be out there saying, "Well gee, my leg hurts, I'm a little dehydrated, I'm sleepy, I'm tired, and it's cold and windy." And talk yourself into quitting.  If you are making a decision based on how you feel at that moment, you will probably make the wrong decision.

...you should outline your quitting strategy before the discomfort sets in.

Seth Godin in The Dip, pages 71-72 (emphasis is the author's).

Comments

[come clean]

Most things in life are not that complicated but we tend not to consider what we want and how to achieve them. A little planning can go a long way to achieving anything we want.

[JACK]

Of course, however helpful planning a quitting strategy might be, it's not true that you should stick to it no matter what. Because it is precisely that -- a strategy, one built on assumptions and predictions. Facts don't always fit those assumptions. So planning is all well and good, but we should be open to the possibility that reality will expose that our plan was [email protected]@.

[revolutionfl]

you can't really say you've "finished" reading this book, as it only took about 20 minutes to read.

i was quite unimpressed with this book. i'm surprised how often i've seen it recommended.

REVOLUTION

[Steve McCoy]

Too bad. I found it helpful. And I don't judge books by their page count. :)