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10% Happier with Dan Harris
Julia Keller's book, Quitting, is about the benefits of quitting and the myth of perseverance that is so prevalent in modern society. She argues that quitting can be a positive and healthy choice and that it can lead to greater cognitive flexibility, intellectual humility, and openness to new possibilities.
And as I often say cliches become cliches for good reason because they're true.
— Episode: The Science of Quitting: How, When, and...
Episode: The Science of Quitting: How, When, and Why to Do...
Julia Keller's book, Quitting, is about the benefits of quitting and the myth of perseverance that is so prevalent in modern society. She argues that quitting can be a positive and healthy choice and that it can lead to greater cognitive flexibility, intellectual humility, and openness to new possibilities.
And as I often say cliches become cliches for good reason because they're true.
That's very difficult to do though when you are in the midst of things, is to stop and get that perspective.
But that's what looking at quitting in a different way requires us to do.
I like that word you use as well, to divest yourself of things because that divestiture has taken on a much more positive ring favor when we do change very often.
And the animals seem to understand that.