How To Quit

Quitting is aerobics for your brain; it’s also the counterintuitive secret to success. Today I bring you a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Keller about how to view quitting not as a pejorative but instead as a tool for swapping one destiny for another.

Here’s a preview:

[5:00] How the self-help movement created our culture’s anti-quit bias

[9:00] The similarities between honeybees and Simone Biles, with a nod toward strategic quitting

[17:00] How do you quit a high-stakes situation? (Answer: quasi-quitting!)

[23:00] Words of encouragement for listeners who are concerned they’ll regret it later

[27:00] How parents listening can best support their children when they want to quit

Resources mentioned:

• Pre-order Quitting: A Life Strategy (to release April 18)
• Orlo Nutrition
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