When to Quit and Walk Away & Why We Are Drawn to the Water - SYSK Choice
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What is beginner's luck and is it really luck?
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.
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something you should know fascinating intel the world's top experts and practical advice you can use in your life today something you should know with mike carruthers hi and welcome to another episode of something you should know something i've always wondered about and perhaps you have too is beginner's luck
Why might quitting be the best life strategy?
Maybe you've experienced it or witnessed it. Is beginner's luck a real thing, I wonder? Well, apparently it is, but actually luck doesn't have a lot to do with it. What we chalk up to beginner's luck actually has two parts to it. First of all, beginners or novices often fail. Don't perform well on a first attempt. That's no surprise. So when a beginner does get lucky... Every once in a while, surprise, we notice it, and we respond to a surprise more than we do to the predictable. So, we tend to think that it happens more often than it does. It doesn't really happen that often. The other all-important aspect to beginner's luck is pressure. People who are experts or who are at the top of their game are expected to succeed.
They feel the pressure, and performing under pressure is always more of a challenge. Beginners, on the other hand, usually don't care how they perform on a first attempt, so the pressure's off. A novice is more likely to take a risk. that just might pay off. And every once in a while, it does. And that is something you should know. There is something about quitting, walking away from something, almost anything. Quitting is for losers. At least that's the way many of us think. Winners never quit, quitters never win. You don't quit, you finish what you start. Quitting is bad, perseverance is good. Well, maybe we should re-examine that assumption that quitting is such a bad thing. Maybe sometimes quitting is the best strategy.
That's what Julia Keller is here to discuss. Julia is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright, and she is author of a book called Quitting, A Life Strategy. Hi, Julia. Welcome to Something You Should Know.
Oh, hi there, Mike. So happy to be here.
How does neuroscience explain the benefits of quitting?
So go ahead and make your case for quitting because, as I said, most people look at quitting as something you don't do, that that's not a good thing. So why is it and when is it a good thing?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is beginner's luck and is it really luck?
0:46–2:26
2
Why might quitting be the best life strategy?
2:26–4:31
3
How does neuroscience explain the benefits of quitting?
4:31–7:12
4
What is precision quitting and how does it differ from giving up?
7:12–10:33
5
Can quitting be flexible and non-final?
10:33–12:24
6
How do famous athletes like Tiger Woods and Simone Biles illustrate quitting?
12:24–16:31
7
When does quitting affect others and how should we consider team dynamics?
16:31–20:58
8
Is quitting always practical, and how can people overcome the fear of quitting?
20:58–48:36
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