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"Quitters never win". You've probably heard this quote many times. It's likely you've heard similar platitudes about not giving up. We have been taught to stick with something no matter how tough things get. But this line of thinking can actually be harmful. Giving up, quitting or leaving a bad job, situation or relationship is sometimes necessary. Moving on to something different might be the best path to success or better mental and physical health. It doesn't mean you've failed. It simply means you desire better things for yourself. So when do you know it's time to give up? Read on for some good reasons to be a quitter.

You Don't Feel Inspired or Fulfilled

Feeling stuck, whether in your career or with a hobby, is a sign you might need a change. If what you're doing isn't inspiring or fulfilling, then quitting is not bad. Sometimes jobs, people, or goals stop meeting our needs for purpose and fulfillment. Often we realize they never met our needs at all. In these circumstances, moving on to better things is the best decision.

Negative Emotions and Thoughts Outweigh the Positive

Do you often feel upset, anxious, angry or depressed? If something is causing frequent or constant negative emotions, reclaim your inner peace by leaving the negativity behind. Don't feel guilty for putting your well-being and happiness first.

You've Developed Unhealthy Habits or Behaviors

Sometimes we develop unhealthy habits, such as smoking or eating unhealthy foods, to cope with a stressful situation. And we may take out our frustrations by lashing out at innocent people like spouses or children. If you've noticed a negative change in your behaviors and habits, identify the cause and eliminate it as soon as possible.

Fear of Change is Your Only Reason for Staying

Fear of change is not a good reason for staying in a bad relationship or toxic work environment. Yes, change can be scary. But it's much worse to jeopardize your mental and physical well-being by sticking with something or someone that you know isn't good for you.

Your Sense of Self-Worth is Diminished

Toxic people or situations can greatly affect our confidence and self-worth. Sometimes the change is so subtle and gradual that we don't notice while it's happening. But if you don't feel as good about yourself as you once did or regularly practice negative self-talk, start noting when your self-esteem is lowest or when you are most critical of yourself. If it happens when you are with certain people or in a particular environment, escape before more damage is done. Quitting does not equal failure or weakness. In fact, quitting can be a sign of strength and wisdom. Learn to set boundaries, leave negative situations, make positive changes and prioritize your well-being. These things often require quitting, letting go and moving on. And that's perfectly all right.

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"Quitters never win". You've probably heard this quote many times. It's likely you've heard similar platitudes about not giving up. We have been taught to stick with something no matter how tough things get. But this line of thinking can actually be harmful. Giving up, quitting or leaving a bad job, situation or relationship is sometimes necessary.

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"Winners know when to quit or when to grit." -- Dr. Kristian H.

It's okay to quit. Quit the job you hate. Leave the relationship that isn't serving you. Quit the friendships that are draining. I am not sure exactly when we are taught that "Quitters never prosper" or "Quitters never win, and winners never quit." I am not sure why we were taught that there is honor in finishing things that are unfulfilling, toxic, and stressful as long as you don't quit.

Here's the danger in being fearful of quitting. You can get stuck. Instead of focusing on what is important to you, what makes you feel happy, healthy, and free, you just focus on not quitting. You stop being strategic. You stop thinking about whether your decisions will lead you to the life you want to live.

I had to learn that quitting wasn't the problem, quitting is a very necessary part of life. I made so many decisions in my young adult life driven by one factor and one factor only - I didn't want to quit. I didn't want to be seen as a failure. My biggest fear in life was failing, so anything that looked or smelled like failure, I didn't want to have any parts of. So if that meant I was in an unhealthy relationship, I wanted to fight it out to make it work, because I didn't want to fail. If I had a toxic friendship, I didn't want to cut it off, I wanted to figure it out, work it out, and make it work. No matter the stress, the pain, or the tears that I had go through, I would put myself through it, if it meant I wouldn't fail.

What I didn't realize then, is that by not quitting, I was failing. I was failing to put myself first. I was failing to follow my dreams. I was failing at having enough confidence to walk in my own path. I had to learn the difference between necessary and unnecessary quitting. Sometimes, quitting is absolutely necessary. Take addiction, for example. If you have an unhealthy addiction -- drugs, alcohol, or gambling -- almost everyone would agree that you should work on quitting and breaking those bad habits. But, there are a lot of other bad habits outside of the typical that we need to let go -- unhealthy relationships with food, unfulfilling jobs, or toxic relationships. Research from Carnegie Mellon found that chronic psychological stress is associated with the body losing its ability to regulate the inflammatory response which can promote the development and progression of disease. In other words, stress wreaks havoc on the mind and body. We have to take care of ourselves, and sometimes that means knowing when to call it quits.

Here are a few tips to help you determine if it is time to quit something or someone.

When you find yourself in a stressful situation, start by asking yourself a few questions. What am I doing? Why am I doing it? Why do I want to quit? The two why questions are probably the most important. Why are you doing what you are doing? Does it bring you happiness or does it put you on a path that could bring you happiness? Do you even know what happiness is for you? Is the action part of a larger strategy? Does it improve your health? Are you being driven by external or internal forces?

As you work towards crafting your ideal life, everything won't happen overnight. For example, if you decide you want to open a fitness studio, there are several steps you must take to ensure your success. For starters, you may need to get certified as a fitness instructor, then teach classes in a fitness studio to build your clientele, and work with and manage an existing fitness studio to learn the do's and don'ts of the business. But, if you are struggling with passing the test to become a fitness instructor, and you want to quit, you need to ask yourself if opening a fitness studio is still your dream. If it is, quitting isn't an option.

Please read this clearly, hard work is a must. You shouldn't quit things just because they are hard or challenging. But if you realize that you do not want to open a fitness studio, because you are actually passionate about ballet, then quitting may be the absolute right thing to do. Only you will know if you are being strategic or lazy. You have to be honest with yourself.

Next, ask yourself how the action or person makes you feel. If the thought of doing something or seeing someone brings on intense anxiety or makes you feel physically ill, it may be time to reevaluate. If your dream is being a physician, and medical school is intensely stressful, the stress may be worth it to get to the end goal of practicing medicine. But if you aren't passionate about being a physician, and you are only doing it because it sounds good, then the stress is absolutely not worth it. But once again, only you can decide the right path.

Finally, make sure that you aren't just facing a challenge you need to push through. I f you want to lose weight or change your eating habits, you are going to experience moments of intense cravings when you just want to give in and eat what you want. These are the moments when you want to try to push through and not quit. When you are on the treadmill, and you set a goal of running a mile, don't get off that treadmill just because you are tired. When you are an entrepreneur at heart, and have started five companies that have failed, you must still start the sixth.

Sometimes quitting is the right answer, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes you need to preserve, and sometimes you need to let go. You may need grit or you may need compassion. The goal is balance. The goal is to figure out the appropriate time for each response. So maybe the new saying we should teach kids, is, "Winners know when to quit or when to grit."

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"Winners know when to quit or when to grit." -- Dr. Kristian H. It's okay to quit. Quit the job you hate. Leave the relationship that isn't serving you. Quit the friendships that are draining. I am not sure exactly when we are taught that "Quitters never prosper" or "Quitters never win, and winners never quit."

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Having texting and video conferencing at our fingertips, it appears that maintaining a long-distance relationship is easier than ever. Long-distance calls are no longer a luxury; the days when they needed to be rationed are long gone.

Long-distance couples do not have to depend on 3 p.m. postal delivery, waiting for news that is at best four days old.

Now we're no longer even in the days of waiting for our loved ones to check their e-mail when they get home from work. Instant messaging keeps us hooked to each other even when we are out shopping, working, playing, watching a movie and doing much more.

Technology, however, cannot compensate for everything in a long-distance relationship, as anyone with a long-distance relationship will tell you.

Many long-distance relationships still seem emotionally difficult despite the lack of regular physical proximity.

People often think long-distance relationships will never work. It may be discouraged by your family, and some of your best friends may tell you not to take it too seriously in case you end up heartbroken.

Many things are not possible due to the extra distance - no one can promise it will be easy. Things could get complicated, and you might feel lonely and sad at times.

Still, many of us try them.

However, the extra distance also makes the simplest things the sweetest. Being able to hold the other person's hand, eating together at the same table, feeling each other's touch, taking a walk together, smelling each other's hair... these small wishes could suddenly mean so much more in a long-distance relationship.

Long-distance relationships may be tough, but they have their own surprises too.

Here're 21 tips on how to make a long distance relationship work:

1. Avoid excessive communication.

It is unwise to be overly "sticky" and possessive. You two don't really have to communicate 12 hours a day to keep the relationship going. Many couples think that they need to compensate for the distance by doing more. This is not true. And it might only make things worse. Soon you would get tired of "loving."

Remember: Less is more. It is not about spamming - you are only going to exhaust yourselves. It's really about teasing at the right moments and tugging at the right spots.

2. See it as an opportunity.

"If you want to live together, you first need to learn how to live apart." - Anonymous

View it as a learning journey for both of you. This is an opportunity for you to prove your love for one another. According to a Chinese proverb, "Real gold is not afraid of the test of fire." Instead of thinking that this long-distance relationship is pulling you two apart, you should believe that through this experience, the both of you will be bound together even stronger.

As Emma says it to Will in season four of Glee,

"I would rather be here, far from you, but feeling really close, rather than close to you but feeling really far away." - Emma, Glee Season 4

3. Set some ground rules to manage your expectations.

Both of you need to be clear with what you expect of each other during this long-distance relationship. Set some ground rules so that none of you will do things that will take the other party by surprise.

For instance, are you two exclusive? Is it all right for the other person to go on dates? What is your commitment level? It's better to be open with each other about all these things.

4. Try to communicate regularly, and creatively.

Greet each other "good morning" and "good night" every day - this is a must. On top of that, try to update your partner on your life and its happenings, however mundane some of the things may seem.

To up the game, send each other pictures, audio clips, and short videos from time to time. By putting in this kind of effort, you make the other person feel loved and attended to.

5. Talk dirty with each other.

Sexual tension is undoubtedly one of the most important things between couples. In a way, sexual desire is like the glue that keeps both parties from drifting apart. Sexual need is not only biological but also emotional.

Keep the flames burning by sending each other teasing texts filled with sexual innuendos and provocative descriptions. Sexy puns work pretty well too.

6. Avoid "dangerous" situations.

If you already know that going to the club or going drinking with your group of friends late at night will displease your partner, then you should either 1. Not do it or 2. Tell your partner beforehand to reassure them.

You should not let this sort of thing slip by because it will only make your partner extra worried or suspicious - and of course, very upset because they will feel powerless or lack control over the situation.

You can fall victim to your traps by going out with eye candy from work after work or dating someone from your past who has been flirting with you without realizing it. Before entering a dangerous situation, you need to recognize the dangers.

Listen to your heart, but don't just rely on it. Make sure you also listen to your mind.

7. Do things together.

Play a game online together. Watch a documentary at the same time on YouTube or Vimeo. Share a song on Skype while another plays the guitar. Video-call each other and go for a walk together. Together, go online shopping - and buy each other gifts (see #13).

You really have to be creative and spontaneous about it.

8. Do similar things.

Recommend books, TV shows, movies, music, news and etc., to each other. When you read, watch and listen to the same things, you get to have more topics in common to talk about.

Even if you live apart, it's nice to have some shared experiences.

9. Make visits to each other.

Every long-distance relationship is enriched by visits.

After all the waiting and yearning and abstinence, you finally get to meet each other to fulfil all the little things like kissing, holding hands, etc. These are typical for couples in long-distance relationships but more special and intimate for long-distance couples.

The atmosphere will be filled with fireworks, glitter bombs, confetti, rainbows, and butterflies.

10. Have a goal in mind.

Are we going to be apart for a long time?" "what about the future?" These are the questions you should ask yourselves.

In fact, a couple cannot stay in a long-distance relationship forever. Eventually, we all need to settle down.

So make a plan with each other. Set up a timeline, mark down the estimated times apart and times together, and draw an end goal.

It is important that you two are on the same page and have the same goals. So that even if you are not living in the same space and the same timezone, both of you are still motivated to work together in the same direction towards a future that includes one another.

That's right, you need some motivation to make a relationship last too. Find out more about what motivates you here.

11. Enjoy your alone time and your time with your friends and family.

You are alone, but you are not lonely unless you choose to feel like it. You don't have to let your world revolve around your partner - you still have you, your friends, and your family. Take this time apart to do more with your friends and family. Go to the gym more often. Get a new hobby. Binge-watch shows. There are plenty of things for you to do that don't involve your partner.

12. Stay honest with each other.

Talk about your feelings of fear, insecurity, jealousy, apathy, whatsoever. If you try to hide anything from your partner, that secret will sooner or later swallow you up from the inside out. Don't try to deal with things all by yourself. Be open and honest with each other. Let your partner help you and give you the support you need. It's better to look at the problem during its initial stage than to only disclose it when it's all too late.

13. Know each other's schedules.

It's helpful to know when the other person is busy and free. So that you can drop a text or make a call at the right time. You wouldn't want to disturb your partner when they are in the middle of class or halfway through a business meeting. Make sure you are aware of everyone's small and big events in their lives, i.e., college midterms and exams, important business trips and meetings, job interviews, etc. Particularly if you live in different time zones, this becomes more important.

14. Keep track of each other's social media activities.

Facebook and Instagram photos of each other. Send each other tweets. Tag each other on Facebook. Post stuff on each other's wall. Let them know you care. Be cool with stalking each other.

15. Gift a personal object for the other person to hold on to.

Memories have power. No matter what it is-a pendant, a ring, a keychain, a collection of songs and videos, or a perfume bottle. Everyday items and things have meanings to us, whether we realize it or not. We all try to store memories in material things so that when our minds fail, we will still be able to look at or hold onto something that will help us recall our memories. This is why something so simple can mean so much to a person when others may see little or no value in it.

16. Get a good messaging app.

This is extremely important because texting is the most frequent and common way of communication the two of you have. You need a good messaging app on your phones that allows interactions beyond words and emoticons.

Personally, I use this messaging app called LINE. I find it highly effective because it has a huge reserve of playful and very funny "stickers" that are free for its users to use. You can also go to the app's "Sticker Shop" to download (or gift!) extra stickers of different themes (e.g., Hello Kitty, Pokemon, Snoopy, MARVEL, etc.) at a low price. Occasionally, the app will give out free sticker sets for promotions. This messaging app is cute and easy to learn to use.

17. Snail-mail your gift.

Mail each other postcards and hand-written love letters. Send each other gifts across the globe from time to time. Flower deliveries on birthdays, anniversaries, and Valentine's Day. Shop online and surprise each other with cool T-shirts, sexy underwear, and such.

18. Stay positive.

You need to constantly inject positive energy into the long-distance relationship to keep it alive. Yes, the waiting can be painful, and you can sometimes feel lonely, but you need to remind yourself that the fruits at the end will be sweet as heaven.

One good trick to staying positive is to be grateful all the time. Be thankful that you have someone to love - someone who also loves you back. Be thankful for the little things, like the hand-made letter that arrived safely in your mailbox the other day. Be thankful for each other's health and safety.

19. Keep each other updated on each other's friends and family.

This will help you two to know each other's culture and values. Knowing small habits of each other helps in developing an understanding and building mutual trust.

Talking about family and friends gives you more matters to talk about. The best thing to talk about is gossip and scandals.

20. Video-call whenever possible.

Because sometimes looking into each other's eyes and hearing each other's voices can make everything feel alright again.

A video call is though nothing like being together, but it's the best thing and the most to do for coziness in a long-distance relationship.

21. Give each other pet names.

Because it's cute. It keeps the lovey-dovey going. Having special names for each other reserved only for one another are heart-warming. Hearing that one word with love lifts our spirits up, and we feel assured all over again.

Chaos seems to fade away just by hearing that special word from someone special.
With the best wishes...
Love (or like) is a force that is beyond your control. Love just happens. The same goes for turning off those feelings, even when you get the perfect job halfway across the country.

Neither one of us expects to be long-distance in a relationship. But if you're in a relationship like this, you'll just have to make the most out of a difficult situation. These advice for long distance relationships will hopefully help you stay strong and cheerful when living apart from one another.

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Quitters never prosper. Never give up. If at first, you don't succeed, try, try again.

There are so many sayings with the same basic message: quitting is bad. This idea is instilled in kids, internalized by adults, and generally just considered common sense.

It's also often wrong.

I once had a job that, in retrospect, I should have quit earlier. I stuck around two years longer than made sense, all because I thought giving up would be a personal failure on my part. That was wrong. When I finally left, I was happier, more productive, and better off.

I quit, and then I prospered.

Why did I keep doing a job that wasn't working for so long-even when I had other options? Because of the prevailing cultural norm that quitting is bad. I felt like walking away would be a failure on my part, so I put off doing it.

This idea-that quitting is bad-deserves to be questioned.

The sunk cost fallacy is real

Let's lower the stakes a little. My Zapier coworker Katie recently told me that she used to force herself to finish books she hated. That's relatable. If you spent money on a book, then spent a bunch of time reading it, it feels like you have to finish it. Wouldn't that time and money be wasted otherwise?

It sounds logical, but it isn't. It's an example of the sunk cost fallacy, a cognitive bias that causes us to commit to continuing to do something we've already invested in.

It's easy to think that, by not finishing a book you started, you're somehow losing all the time you put into the book so far. That's not true: your time is already gone, regardless of how you spend it going forward. Finishing the book won't retroactively justify the bad time you've had reading it so far-it just means you'll have more of a bad time.

Ask yourself: is reading more of a book that you hate the best thing you could be spending your time on going forward? Because that's what you can control. You can't change how you spent time in the past, but you can decide what you want to do going forward. You could spend time reading something you actually enjoy but only if you quit reading the thing you hate.

It's also not true that the time you spent reading the book was wasted if you stop reading. You learned something about the kinds of books you don't like, which is a good thing to know. You also tried something new, which is valuable in and of itself. And you now have the opportunity to write a scathing review on Goodreads or make jokes with your friends about the terrible book you never finished. These results apply regardless of whether you finish the book.

Quit. You'll be better off.

It's also true in business

All of this same logic applies to work, or running a company. It's easy, if you've put many hours into a project or career path, to think that you should continue working on that indefinitely-even if it's not working out. After all, quitting means admitting that something isn't working, and that's a really hard line to cross.

The thinking here is exactly the same: if you stop now, all of the time you spent on the project or opportunity is wasted. It's way too easy for this mentality to lead to spinning your wheels on something that's not working.

Cortney, executive assistant here at Zapier, told me she had to do this before finding her current profession:

I thought because I got a degree in marketing, and because my first few jobs were in marketing, that I had to stick with it, even though it was making me really unhappy. I quit, and I am much better for it now! Very happy and my current role is much more aligned with my interests and skill set.

In some cases, you can salvage a project if you put more time into it-and some books have twist endings that retroactively justify how hard the beginning was to read. But not every time. I'm not going to pretend I can tell you how to know which situation you're in, but it's important to consider the possibility that quitting is the best option.

Sometimes you have to move on-and learn from it

I already threw out a bunch of cliches, so here's another one: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." Einstein never said this, but someone did, at some point, and people attribute it to Einstein because they think it's smart.

There's no sense in continuing to do something that's not working for you, and quitting is the easiest way to not continue. Another Zapier colleague Breetel put it well in a message she sent me:

To quit means you have to honor your instincts and the desire for something else, but it also demands that you take a leap of faith. It requires you to trust yourself and the world enough to believe you will be ok without whatever membership, credential, activity, situation, or person you are walking away from.

This isn't just true when it comes to reading books or doing your job. It's true in every aspect of your life. Sometimes you're going to put work into something-a hobby, say, or even a relationship-only to realize it's not working. Knowing when to walk away is an essential life skill.

This isn't to say that everyone reading this should quit their jobs if they don't like them-there are good reasons to keep doing something that's not perfect, or even far from ideal. But it's too easy to keep on doing things that aren't working, and our culture's emphasis on not giving up only plays into this.

Keep this in mind, and maybe be a little less afraid of quitting in the future.

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