Do you know when to quit?

[exitseven]

Ever since we were little we heard the Vince Lombardi quote "Quitters never win and winners never quit". How many times have you refused to quit and lost anyway? Maybe this is not such good advice.

Updates

8 mo

I never learned when to quit. I have wasted literally years of my life and endured a couple of good beatings because I would not give up. And yet , here I am.

[OneViewpoint]

Well Vince was playing a child's game, not life and death or hundreds of people's livelihoods. Yes, I pick my battles. I'd rather take an 80% solution and move on to 3 other priorities than spend irrational time and resources to reach 100% solution every time. The goal is to optimize the entirety, not a single outcome.

[OlderAndWiser]

I spent 17 years with my first wife because i refused to quit, even though she had checked out after 2-3 years.

[exitseven]

I get it.

[OlderAndWiser]

I was YoungerAndStupider.

[exitseven]

I get that too.

[OlderAndWiser]

Thanks for MHO!

[sage2021]

When people at work would nag me at work and ask me why I don't stop smoking cigarettes 🚬 I would tell them "Because I'm not a quitter". 🤣🤣

[sage2021]

Thanks for the MHO 7 🙂👍🏼👠💄

[IslaTheWitch]

sometimes it's healthier to quit and look for a different opportunity :D

[exitseven]

@islaTheWitch The trick is how do you know if you are drilling a dry hole?

[msc545]

If I discover after honestly trying that I basically suck at something and trying makes me feel bad -skiing is an example - I just stop doing it.

Life is too short and time is too limited to feel shitty.

"Perfection is the enemy of good".

[Dongie]

My thing was that it carried over into my social life. I wouldn't quit when I wanted a girl. It took me being accused of fine lining obsessive tendencies to quit doing that. Actually I did it with two different witches. I'm glad they turned me down now. But yeah, I used to be stubborn.

[TrueConfection]

No, and I don’t seem to know how to quit either.

[exitseven]

you and me both.

[AviatorTom]

My first wife and I had an amicable divorce because we knew when to quit... 3 kids and 20 years was long enough.

[DishLady]

It's very difficult in some instances, when you see the potential of a thing. But in other instances Matt 10:14 has been a guiding force.

[strateguy632]

Yes in certain situations to quit, arguments but other situations never quit! As trump supposedly said "never admit you lost".

[fish5505_87]

Sometimes it's not quitting. It's refocusing your energy away from something you were doing wrong. I have quit a few things, sometimes quitting those things was positive, and sometimes it taught me what things never to quit.

[Wiredone]

I will quit when I'm dead. I don't ever give up

[exitseven]

yes, i say that all the time.

[ProbablyClueless]

I do! The most useful application of that knowledge has been with people. I now know when to give up on people.

[lightbulb27]

Its not there's a time to quit.
Ill use my smarts going forward than past

[Sunrising]

Bad advice, quitters can live to fight another day!

[DrPepper12]

Quitting & silence are two very unappreciated decisions. We need more of both.

[msc545]

I know when to quit. Discretion is definitely the better part of valor in most cases.

[ProbablyClueless]

"Discretion is the better part of valor" is a line I'm going to start using

[msc545]

@ProbablyClueless TY - most people understand it...

[msc545]

Also - "Perfection is the enemy of the good"

[Cubus]

I believe I can.

[Bricealan]

@exitseven Never give up !!!

[exitseven]

Never Surrender

[Manuelwe]

Yes when the game is done