Lesson from a Quitter

but

and quitters never win or at least

that’s what i

and probably many of you have been told

in truth though we often overlook the

importance of quitting though it may be

a wise choice that will actually lead us

towards

success allow me to show you how

first giving up one thing allows you to

spend that feed up time

and effort on another one way to look at

this

is through the idea of opportunity cost

have you ever been in a situation where

you have to choose between

attending an event where you could be

able to meet friends

idols family relax yourself

and staying at home and doing work

in this case whichever you don’t choose

is called the opportunity cost

which can’t exist at the same time as

the other option

this means if you have chosen to attend

the event you can’t stay at home and do

work

and vice versa you can’t always do

everything so prioritizing what’s most

important

and what makes you happiest is key

in this case if you felt like attending

the event could help relax you

or that staying home and doing work can

make you feel more productive

and responsible and that’s what you

should go for

quitting frees up time spent on a

project that might get nowhere in favor

of something new and more promising

but giving up without success doesn’t

seem so bad now

does it one classic example of the

benefits of quitting

is bill gates in 1973

he enrolled in harvard university first

pursuing a korean law

then just two years later he dropped out

of college

and right at that year he developed and

created

his own business with a revenue of over

143

billion dollars microsoft cooperation

has now become one of the biggest

business in the world

being his biggest success and one of our

biggest pride

had he decided to not quit college he

would have gone into law instead

which most likely wouldn’t have given

him the chance to be able to develop

microsoft

to where it is now another example is

steve jobs

in 1997 when apple was facing strong

competition from microsoft

he chose to discontinue 70 of apple’s

product

to be able to focus on its four main

ones

which slowly paved its way to its

current success

had he decided to keep manufacturing the

same products

apple would have faced huge losses to

microsoft

as you can see it is not just us who

have actually thought about giving up

throughout history there has been other

famous people have

who have quit on several things but

however

they still succeed so if you ever

thought about giving up and how it could

be good

you shouldn’t be ashamed of yourself

instead you should just think of it as

yourself trying to find a newer and

unique way

to solve your problems

second the lessons you learn from giving

up are invaluable

quitting gives you a glimpse of what the

other path would have looked like

and opens up an option that could make

you happier than you could have been

if you choose one path you’ll never be

able to know what the other path would

have looked like

and the possibilities that are held

within it

and on the other hand

you’ll be able to have an upper hand on

those who have not done it before

you will know how to deal with failure

when it comes and whether to keep

enduring or quit

this could be an experience that not

many people have actually had

creating an advantage not only for you

but for those who you can possibly help

last but not least the possible benefits

for your mental health are not to be

ignored

we can discover this idea in two ways

number one doing something you dislike

and dealing through constant failure for

something that doesn’t make you happy

can cause a lot of stress and quitting

those things

can make can relieve you way better

for example put yourself in a situation

where you have been trying to fix a

clock for over two weeks now

but it has still no sign of improving

whatsoever

this has been causing you a lot of

stress since number one

that clock is quite expensive and number

two

you want to be determined to fix it

because you don’t want to seem as a

loser

from other people’s perspective because

they say quitting is for losers

but if it’s not worth it why not just

quit

in this case if you can just buy a newer

and better one

replacing it then why are you still

trying to fix it

can i please ask everyone in this room

to raise their hand if they’ve ever felt

like they’ve done something that they’ve

disliked before

from what i can see most of us have done

things that we didn’t enjoy and i

believe that

everyone each and one of us has problems

of our own with

this issue when we do something we

dislike

the most common problem that occurs is

basically stress

and according to mayo clinic stress can

result everything from anxiety

to drug and alcohol misuse only if

you’re not afraid to push yourself way

out further than you should be

negatively then you should be able to

protect yourselves from these possible

outcomes

by quitting

number two doing something new

bad jobs and hurtful relationships can

make life seem less meaningful

and quitting these things will give you

the opportunity to reflect

and find more meaning in life as you are

now free

to discover different aspects of

yourself

and as a bonus you can now add to the

list of the things that you don’t know

make you happy

it’s just as they say beating a dead

horse won’t get you anywhere

it will just wear you out let me

illustrate with one example from my own

life

for a period of time i underwent huge

amounts of stress

from trying to pile too much on my plate

i was juggling school

exams along with competitions swimming

and piano

with so much to do i found myself unable

to

concentrate on and do well on any of

these tasks

and that’s when i decided that maybe

quitting wasn’t such a bad thing

after realizing that swimming was my

strongest suit i decided to stop doing

it as regularly as i did before

and i’ve come out to the other side much

better because of this decision

so much time has freed up for me to be

able to rest and focus

on my other tasks and

the stress of balancing a packed

schedule has simply vanished

as you can see quitting isn’t as bad as

it seems

it all depends on your perspective and

circumstances

and even if your change of course isn’t

all what you thought it would be

at least you’ll never be stuck wondering

what could have been

thank you