Re: [silk] When to quit

Absolutely agree with Arjun - I love the thought process he has mentioned in his mail, as it tends to optimal decision making in life. For me, what has helped over the years is to treat everything I do as projects and box them into 'WIP', 'Action', 'Archive', 'Delete' - it allows me to apply my

Re: [silk] When to quit

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 12:00 PM, 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 >

Re: [silk] When to quit

I tend to agree with Biju that it depends on what you are attempting. I was desperate to try and quit smoking for many years, and finally managed in 2008 ( till now!) after at least five major attempts. On the other hand, things like staying with a particular book after it fails to grip me

Re: [silk] When to quit

Several years ago I came across a new formulation of the old serenity prayer in a book called The Shrink and The Sage (which was a long-running column in the Financial Times). The authors inserted one word: 'should' into the serenity prayer and removed references to god. So the new one reads: “I

Re: [silk] When to quit

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

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

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

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

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

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