Strategic Quitting

Seth Godin calls strategic quitting one of the most underrated skills there is. Knowing when grit has curdled into stubbornness — and when loyalty is really just fear of change — is a rare and valuable instinct most people never build.

Quitting well is not giving up. It is freeing the time, energy, and attention a dead-end is silently eating, and pointing them somewhere that pays off.

So write your quit criteria while you are calm — the exact conditions that mean it is time. Decide the rules before the moment you most want to ignore them.