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R- It relates to the topic because it shows that giving up is a positive thing when it weighs something off you.
A- Envato published the photo.
A-It is for my claim because it supports that if you don't do what you want to do and it's weighing on you, quit.
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C- This information was published on July 14th 2020.
R- The information relates to the topic because it discusses reasonsings as to why  quitting can have negative outcomes.
A- The publisher is Caroline Ceniza-Levine.
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Five Reasons Not To Quit Your Job Even If You Hate It

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There are additional, often overlooked reasons for hanging onto your job even if you hate it. If any of these five reasons apply to you, chances are that your unhappiness isn’t job-related, and you’ll just bring your current problems into your new job and hate that one too.

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C- The information was published on March 1st, 2021.
R- It relates to the topic because it discusses topics of why quitting is beneficial.
A- The publisher is Justin Pot
A- The information supports my claim because it provides reasoning as to why quitting saves time and is good for you.
P- The purpose is to educate the reader on the decision of quitting and the upside of it.

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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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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.

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8 Reasons Why Giving Up Is The Worst Choice You Could Ever Make

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Ideas are like planes--you want them to land safely.

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C- This information was published on August 31st, 2013
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A- The publisher is Cheryl Conner.
A- This information supports my claim because it provides examples as to why quitting can be beneficial.
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In preparation for the Labor Day Weekend I've been chatting with author and life coach Victoria Wynn about the concept of "healthy quitting."

"As a society, we've turned quitting into a curse word with phrases like 'quitting is for losers'," she said.

"In actual fact, quitting can be the positive process of choosing the path that more fully serves your highest good."

Don't get caught up in the lie of "I can't end that course of action because then I'll be a quitter," she said. Instead, you should ask yourself "Does this course of action serve what's truly best for my well being?" When it does, give no apologies for following that path.

How often do we bow to society's traditional quips? We do it so often, Wynn says, that we actually stop actively thinking. We aren't investigating our thinking enough.

For example, it may be fine to eat a piece of chocolate triple fudge cake if we make the decision to do so knowing it contains 800 calories and as much sugar as a two-liter bottle of pop. But for a person looking to lower their body fat percentage, thinking through the decision could lead to the choice that eating a dessert that decadent more than once every 1-2 months is unwise.

Must a person quit chocolate cake? Maybe so-or maybe there's a suitable substitution or a smaller portion or lower frequency that would better support a higher purpose.

Says Victoria, "I have stayed in business and personal relationships for too long because I didn't want to be a 'quitter' or to be called a quitter by others." Instead, she advises we need to be keeping the end goal in site, then working backwards to determine a suitable plan.

In light of this, when is quitting actually a good thing?

In Victoria's opinion, here are five examples of the times when quitting could be the most positive choice you could make for yourself and your business:

1.It's okay to quit when we are, in essence, setting boundaries. For example when a person in a role or a process becomes "more work than they're worth," it's a sure sign that it's time to quit the system or process. Don't quit the person, necessarily-but quit the routine or the process that is repeatedly taking the business or program away from its goal. The traditional sales model has become too expensive and unwieldy for developing new business? Find another model. Strike a partnership. Develop a new channel. If the person or people at the helm of a program are a bottleneck in the process, help them discover a new process or assign them to a different role.

2. It's okay to quit a less effective system for a more efficient system. Sometimes an ancient system seems sacred. My own father, owner of a wholesale electronics business, took my brother, who manages the business with him, into a private room to break the news that their manufacturing suppliers would no longer be providing their updated materials in print. My brother shook his head and smiled at our father's trepidation. The printed sheets had been a worthless impediment for years.

3.Sometimes "quitters" are actually just choosers. Perhaps the day has come that it's no longer worthwhile to dedicate 20 hours a week to becoming a champion swimmer, or the onset of exercise injuries no longer make marathon running the most efficient way to stay fit.We all know at least a few individuals who "didn't know when to quit" and suffered permanent injury or perpetual unhappiness and frustration because the goal they're obsessed with has become unattainable or unwise.For example, my daughter in law loved running until she suffered a back injury that required surgery. In the future, she may run shorter distances. For now, bicycling has become her outdoor activity of choice. Choosing a new goal or activity that better suits your changing realities is an extremely smart way to quit.

. Course correction is hardly the sign of a loser. A well-run business is perpetually course-correcting in the light of changing market conditions and trends.Nothing should be set in stone except the company's founding priorities and ethics. If the storefront is seeing slower activity, perhaps the hired staff can run an ecommerce channel for the business while foot traffic is slow. Do on-site installations require too much maintenance? Maybe a portion of the product, or at least the maintenance utilities, could reside in the cloud.

A thriving business may need to frequently quit the processes that at one time worked well in favor for the newer methodologies that may work even better.

5. Quitting the job that's gone stale or the relationships that have turned toxic can serve as a catalyst to more healthy and fruitful endeavors in our personal lives .How often have we stayed in a dead end job or unhealthy personal relationship for too long because we were scared of being labeled a loser or a quitter? These are choices that require careful action and thorough examination-but for most of us the unfortunate answer, in hindsight, is "far too long."

In summary, then, in your personal life or in business, how can you know for sure if the time has come you should quit?

Says Victoria, ask yourself one question, and answer it honestly: "Is there a better option that will support my highest good or the highest potential and vision for the company?If yes, then quit the current path or find a way to modify the current system and process to better align with the new."

I would personally add to Victoria's advice to think through thoroughly the implications for the other people involved. Ask a trusted advisor or two (preferably who have differing vantage points). Think about what it is that you want to happen and if the actions you are considering are the best and most effective means of getting to the desired goal.

Finally, a word of advice from Osayi Osar-Emokpae, Author of Impossible is Stupid:

"Quitting is not giving up, it's choosing to focus your attention on something more important. Quitting is not losing confidence, it's realizing that there are more valuable ways you can spend your time. Quitting is not making excuses, it's learning to be more productive, efficient and effective instead. Quitting is letting go of things (or people) that are sucking the life out of you so you can do more things that will bring you strength."

I fully agree with her thought. On this Labor Day weekend, what are you ready to quit?
Additional reporting for this article was provided by Victoria Wynn, author, life coach and founder of The Lies I Tell Myself project.

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R- The information supports my topic by giving evidence on how it is okay to quit.
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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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A-The New York Times published it.
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P- The purpose is to show the viewers that quitting can improve your life in certain situations.