Julia Keller

I believe that everything we've always believed about quitting is wrong, and all the good things we've believed about grit and perseverance is also wrong. That quitting, and modern neuroscience bears me out on this, quitting is when we stop one direction and go in another.

I believe that everything we've always believed about quitting is wrong, and all the good things we've believed about grit and perseverance is also wrong. That quitting, and modern neuroscience bears me out on this, quitting is when we stop one direction and go in another.

I believe that everything we've always believed about quitting is wrong, and all the good things we've believed about grit and perseverance is also wrong. That quitting, and modern neuroscience bears me out on this, quitting is when we stop one direction and go in another.

Oh, hi there, Mike. So happy to be here.

Oh, hi there, Mike. So happy to be here.

Oh, hi there, Mike. So happy to be here.

I believe deep in my soul that everything we've always believed about quitting is wrong. And all the good things we've believed about grit and perseverance is also wrong. That, in effect, we've been sold a bill of goods. That quitting, and modern neuroscience bears me out on this,

I believe deep in my soul that everything we've always believed about quitting is wrong. And all the good things we've believed about grit and perseverance is also wrong. That, in effect, we've been sold a bill of goods. That quitting, and modern neuroscience bears me out on this,

I believe deep in my soul that everything we've always believed about quitting is wrong. And all the good things we've believed about grit and perseverance is also wrong. That, in effect, we've been sold a bill of goods. That quitting, and modern neuroscience bears me out on this,

is think i'd like to think of it as aerobics for your brain quitting is when we stop one direction and go in another it's a willingness to be flexible and there's a cognitive flexibility involved and so people will say to me well if you're right and grit and perseverance aren't all they're cracked up to be and quitting can be a good thing then how come for all these hundreds of years we've been told the opposite you know the words where do you get off why are you so smart and what i usually reply is we can trace the history of the grit and perseverance idea

is think i'd like to think of it as aerobics for your brain quitting is when we stop one direction and go in another it's a willingness to be flexible and there's a cognitive flexibility involved and so people will say to me well if you're right and grit and perseverance aren't all they're cracked up to be and quitting can be a good thing then how come for all these hundreds of years we've been told the opposite you know the words where do you get off why are you so smart and what i usually reply is we can trace the history of the grit and perseverance idea

is think i'd like to think of it as aerobics for your brain quitting is when we stop one direction and go in another it's a willingness to be flexible and there's a cognitive flexibility involved and so people will say to me well if you're right and grit and perseverance aren't all they're cracked up to be and quitting can be a good thing then how come for all these hundreds of years we've been told the opposite you know the words where do you get off why are you so smart and what i usually reply is we can trace the history of the grit and perseverance idea

I often say that grit is a con. It's been sold to us like cars or cornflakes or smartphones. And there's a reason why we're told that everything is in our own hands and it's all up to us because it isn't.

I often say that grit is a con. It's been sold to us like cars or cornflakes or smartphones. And there's a reason why we're told that everything is in our own hands and it's all up to us because it isn't.

I often say that grit is a con. It's been sold to us like cars or cornflakes or smartphones. And there's a reason why we're told that everything is in our own hands and it's all up to us because it isn't.

And once we accept that and we realize that we often have to change course because bad things just happen to us, unexpected things happen to us, we become much freer, less judgmental of other people and less judgmental of ourselves, certainly. And we're able to live life a little freer, a little happier.

And once we accept that and we realize that we often have to change course because bad things just happen to us, unexpected things happen to us, we become much freer, less judgmental of other people and less judgmental of ourselves, certainly. And we're able to live life a little freer, a little happier.

And once we accept that and we realize that we often have to change course because bad things just happen to us, unexpected things happen to us, we become much freer, less judgmental of other people and less judgmental of ourselves, certainly. And we're able to live life a little freer, a little happier.

Well, the distinction you're making there is very important. In fact, that's one of the things that I had to really look at is say you're a parent and your kid comes to you and says, yeah, I want to quit the basketball team. I just don't want to do it. And you're a parent and you realize that, well, I think probably this kid of mine would rather sit home watching YouTube videos.

Well, the distinction you're making there is very important. In fact, that's one of the things that I had to really look at is say you're a parent and your kid comes to you and says, yeah, I want to quit the basketball team. I just don't want to do it. And you're a parent and you realize that, well, I think probably this kid of mine would rather sit home watching YouTube videos.