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Grit is not always a virtue: it can keep you sticking to hard things that are no longer worthwhile.
Their wordsThis is the issue with grit. It can get you to stick to hard things that are worthwhile, but it can also get you to stick to hard things that are no longer worthwhile
Their wordsIt’s high time we rehabilitated quitting. Quittiness is at least as important a decision skill to develop as grittiness, because quitting gives us the ability to act as new information reveals itself.
Our reading
If she had to make someone a better decision-maker, quitting is the primary skill she would teach.
Their wordsThat’s why, if I had to skill somebody up to get them to be a better decision-maker, quitting is the primary skill I would choose, because the ability to walk away is what allows you to react to the changing landscape.
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