Re: [silk] When to quit

2017-07-26 Thread Arjun Guha
Udhay wrote asking for an "academic viewpoint" and that got me thinking about the question. I am a researcher at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine in Bangalore. As long as the answer to the question "Will this line of enquiry change the way we think?" is "yes" or

Re: [silk] When to quit

2017-07-26 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Knowing precisely when to cut your losses and move on, versus staying on and making it work is kind of a difficult and personal decision. But it is one you have to make at some point, or multiple points in your life. On 27/07/17, 10:07 AM, "silklist on behalf of Biju Chacko"

Re: [silk] When to quit

2017-07-26 Thread Biju Chacko
After some amount of prodding by Udhay, I decided to think about this a bit. In my opinion, most people quit because it's just the easiest thing to do. It's the final step in a sequence of small decisions that paint you into a corner whose only exit is quitting. Interestingly enough, I don't

Re: [silk] When to quit

2017-07-26 Thread Kingsley Jegan Joseph
On Thu 27 Jul, 2017 9:35 am Deepa Mohan, wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > I occasionally listen to the Tim Ferris podcast, and I found last week's > > episode [1] particularly fascinating. It's a panel of people giving

Re: [silk] When to quit

2017-07-26 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I occasionally listen to the Tim Ferris podcast, and I found last week's > episode [1] particularly fascinating. It's a panel of people giving their > take on the question "how does one decide when to quit and when to >

[silk] When to quit

2017-07-26 Thread Udhay Shankar N
I occasionally listen to the Tim Ferris podcast, and I found last week's episode [1] particularly fascinating. It's a panel of people giving their take on the question "how does one decide when to quit and when to persist". I recommend listening to the episode, but my intention in posting here is