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Resilience means setbacks cannot change your morale, not that they cannot change your mind, and persistence often requires changing your mind.

Drawn from what Paul Graham said

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discipline Doing the work when you do not feel like it: whether showing up is the whole secret, or systems and enjoyment beat willpower.

Is discipline the answer?under our view: Persistence is not obstinacy, and part of it is knowing when to quit

What Paul Graham actually said

  1. Paul Graham Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
    But resilience is not the same as obstinacy. Resilience means setbacks can't change your morale, not that they can't change your mind. Indeed, persistence often requires that one change one's mind.

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