Mike Carruthers

I said, nope, I'm sorry.

And I walked away and really upset a lot of people because, but I have no regret about that at all.

Well, I bring it up just because sometimes quitting is a struggle.

And I did struggle a little with this, but not a lot.

This was one of the few times that quitting just seemed to be the right thing to do.

But there are plenty of other times where it's...

It's much more unclear.

But I would imagine that most people who face the decision of whether to quit or not, it isn't quite so clear.

It's either—it's murky.

It's, you know, what happens if I stick it out?

And I guess the question is, so what's the criteria that you use to decide, is this a good time to quit, or should I stick it out a little longer and reevaluate?

How do you—what's the—

What are the questions you ask yourself to come to some sort of answer?

Yeah, well, that take this job and shove it approach does seem to have that, you know, it might feel good in the moment, but boy, the consequences of burning that bridge and especially doing it in such a crappy way, that's going to haunt you, I think, and come back and bite you.

What you said earlier, I think is so true about getting other people's advice because people have sought my advice and it is so crystal clear to me what they ought to do, but it isn't to them.

And I'm sure the roles have been reversed where I struggle with the answer and other people have said,

what are you, nuts?

Of course you want to get out of there.

Or, no, don't quit.

You've got to stay because here's why.