The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)

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I will keep in mind that when things stop challenging me I should quit, when there is not a future in sight on the path I am on I will quit, and that sometimes there are good reasons to plan to quit, and simply good reasons to quit. The Dip is the hard slog between being barely competent at something ("beginner's luck" is the phrase Godin uses) and being the best in the world at it, and if you're not going to be able to slog through it, you should give up and try something else. You could be learning to play golf, acupuncture, pilot a plane, play the harmonica, or do chemistry. It’s a non-linear scale, so reaching one point higher isn’t just one step better; it’s an exponential leap forward. In fact, avoiding such hardness by doing only easy things won’t get you very far and it’s even risky.

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Except for that nasty drop-off at the end (otherwise known as emphysema), smoking is a marketer's dream com true. As hard as it may be to believe, Godin points out that you might just need to be quitting a lot more than you currently are.With limited time and limited opportunity to experiment, we intentionally narrow our choices to those at the top. A long slog that's actually a shortcut, because it gets you where you want to go faster than any other path.

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The reason so many of us quit in the Dip is that without a compass or a plan, the easiest thing to do is give up. Reactive quitting and serial quitting are the bane of those that strive (and fail) to get what they want. Godin explains that although quitting is often associated with negativity, quitting can actually be strategic, it can be an impactful way to navigate your career and your life. The biggest obstacle to success in life, as far as I can tell, is our inability to quit these curves soon enough.Yet another easily digestible social marketplace commentary from the blogger / author who penned Purple Cow and Small is the New Big, Godin prescribes a cleverly counter-intuitive way to approach one’s potential for success.