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Quitting - A Step to Winning

“Quitters never win, winners never quit.” Vince Lombardi

That’s a terrible quote, I love some Lombardi stuff but that one I do not. It’s entirely unrealistic. If you can’t quit you’ll struggle to win. Quitting is often one of the best ways to reach success.
“Being able to quit things that don’t work is integral to being a winner” Tim Ferriss 

I’ve quit a lot in my life, wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t.
Relate this to all aspects of your life, if something isn’t working you need to quit, switch it up, and make it work. 
Re-evaluating your path ongoing is the way to get where you want to go.

I signed up for the marathon and figured out my plan of how I was going to get there in 11 weeks. I quit or changed workout routines, shoes, food, pre-run routine, etc...I changed basically everything at one point and quit these, among many other things, numerous times. If I hadn’t been willing to quit those things quickly, I would not have had the time to ride them out to make them work. Being able to realize something isn’t working and quitting it gives you the foundation to learn, grow, and come back better than before. It also allows you to find yourself along the way, you may have read someone else’s plan or steps and realized they don’t fit you. That’s because you are your own individual.

Balance in life is about adaptation, flexibility, reflection, and quitting or realize what needs to change.

Quit your workout plan. Whether that be the workout, the time of day, the length of time, the gym you go to, the fact that you go to a gym, or the route you run. If it isn’t working for you in one way or another, you need to change it up. Find another suggestion, build another plan, take a different step forward.

Quit your job. If your values or direction don’t mesh with the organization you work with, you feel stuck, you aren’t enjoying yourself, you work more than you should, or you don’t feel you are treated fairly. You need to be able to recognize this, assess yourself to figure out what you want to do. If any of these are present in your job than you need to eliminate them, these will drag down all the other important aspects of your life. Your family, health, fitness, everything gets pulled down by how you feel with work, unless you have a strong ability to separate and that inner voice to talk you through.

Quit your venture. You went out and started something great, others didn’t see it as great as you did. Be willing to hang it up, learn the lesson and move on. You’ve decided to climb a mountain, the weather didn’t cooperate and you need to quit. Do you walk away with a lesson learned or do you step away thinking about how you failed? It’s up to you how you respond, how you bounce back, and if you grow from that situation or fail.

Quit your parenting ways. Your child is struggling in an area, you’ve tried your way and it’s not working. Read a book, learn a lesson, take a class, or talk to someone, find a different approach as there are 1000’s out there. This is tough as you are shaped to think and respond a certain way, this takes constant reflection and challenge on yourself to step back.

Granted there are certain things you don’t want to quit on or give up too easily. Dreams, goals, aspirations, and your ‘Why’. Don’t quit on those, re-evaluate but those are worth striving for through the pain and anguish. You need to really define what those goals and dreams are.

Quitting isn’t easy, you’ve put in a lot of work, effort, and are honed a certain way. It very well could be the best decision you make, so long as you quit the right way. Learn a lesson, grow, and don’t dwell on it. Move on and move up.


DadBud

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