Julia Keller

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.

That kind of quitting is not what I mean. I don't mean the quitting as you say, just kind of like, well, I'm just tired of it. And a lot of the parents that I interviewed in the course of just kind of collecting my thoughts about why I think quitting can be a positive would say that that then initiated another conversation. They say, OK, why do you want to quit?

That kind of quitting is not what I mean. I don't mean the quitting as you say, just kind of like, well, I'm just tired of it. And a lot of the parents that I interviewed in the course of just kind of collecting my thoughts about why I think quitting can be a positive would say that that then initiated another conversation. They say, OK, why do you want to quit?

That kind of quitting is not what I mean. I don't mean the quitting as you say, just kind of like, well, I'm just tired of it. And a lot of the parents that I interviewed in the course of just kind of collecting my thoughts about why I think quitting can be a positive would say that that then initiated another conversation. They say, OK, why do you want to quit?

And if it is, as you mentioned a moment ago, just like, oh, I'm just tired of it. Come on. I'd rather sit at home, you know, box of Cheetos. Who wouldn't? That's not what I mean. What I mean is a, what I call precision quitting, strategic quitting.

And if it is, as you mentioned a moment ago, just like, oh, I'm just tired of it. Come on. I'd rather sit at home, you know, box of Cheetos. Who wouldn't? That's not what I mean. What I mean is a, what I call precision quitting, strategic quitting.

And if it is, as you mentioned a moment ago, just like, oh, I'm just tired of it. Come on. I'd rather sit at home, you know, box of Cheetos. Who wouldn't? That's not what I mean. What I mean is a, what I call precision quitting, strategic quitting.

And that can be whether you're, you know, 14 years old and you want to quit the soccer team or whether you're 44 and you are very stale in your job and you think you're looking for another challenge. It's really along the same thing. It's, and at each time it requires our brain to do something quite specific and quite important.

And that can be whether you're, you know, 14 years old and you want to quit the soccer team or whether you're 44 and you are very stale in your job and you think you're looking for another challenge. It's really along the same thing. It's, and at each time it requires our brain to do something quite specific and quite important.

And that can be whether you're, you know, 14 years old and you want to quit the soccer team or whether you're 44 and you are very stale in your job and you think you're looking for another challenge. It's really along the same thing. It's, and at each time it requires our brain to do something quite specific and quite important.

And that's the neuroscience of this, I think is maybe where the distinction lies as well. that we know that animals in the wild will quit if a certain path is not getting them where they want to go. And yet we don't. Often we stick too long with something. And it's not a matter of just lassitude or laziness. It's a matter, I think, of fear.

And that's the neuroscience of this, I think is maybe where the distinction lies as well. that we know that animals in the wild will quit if a certain path is not getting them where they want to go. And yet we don't. Often we stick too long with something. And it's not a matter of just lassitude or laziness. It's a matter, I think, of fear.

And that's the neuroscience of this, I think is maybe where the distinction lies as well. that we know that animals in the wild will quit if a certain path is not getting them where they want to go. And yet we don't. Often we stick too long with something. And it's not a matter of just lassitude or laziness. It's a matter, I think, of fear.

I know there's certain things that I haven't quit that I know I should have. And I'd like to say, well, because I just didn't want to do it. Often it's fear.

I know there's certain things that I haven't quit that I know I should have. And I'd like to say, well, because I just didn't want to do it. Often it's fear.

I know there's certain things that I haven't quit that I know I should have. And I'd like to say, well, because I just didn't want to do it. Often it's fear.

There is some of that, but I will tell you that in probably 150, 200 interviews, many, many, many interviews that I did, the vast, vast, vast majority of people, when I asked them to sort of tell me their quitting history, and everybody has a quitting story. That's something I should have mentioned at the outset. Everybody has a quitting story, and they love to tell it.

There is some of that, but I will tell you that in probably 150, 200 interviews, many, many, many interviews that I did, the vast, vast, vast majority of people, when I asked them to sort of tell me their quitting history, and everybody has a quitting story. That's something I should have mentioned at the outset. Everybody has a quitting story, and they love to tell it.

There is some of that, but I will tell you that in probably 150, 200 interviews, many, many, many interviews that I did, the vast, vast, vast majority of people, when I asked them to sort of tell me their quitting history, and everybody has a quitting story. That's something I should have mentioned at the outset. Everybody has a quitting story, and they love to tell it.

I know when I've been talking about the book, Hither and Yon, that's what comes out. people are much, much, much more likely to regret the things that they didn't quit, but they should have, than to regret the things they did quit. Obviously, there are some of the latter. There are times when we think, ah, I should have stayed with that job, wasn't so bad, or