Name: Quit
Rating: 3.7 (5 reviews)
ISBN: 9786232423725

Annie Duke

"Dalam berbagai situasi, kita sering kali dihadapkan dengan pilihan sulit: bertahan, berubah arah, atau bahkan berhenti (quit). Nyatanya, walau banyak pertanda tak ada guna untuk tetap bertahan, berhenti identik dengan kata gagal, sehingga tak pernah jadi pilihan. Annie Duke menawarkan strategi berbasis sains yang dapat mengasah keterampilan untuk mengetahui kapan kita harus memilih berhenti dan bagaimana cara melakukannya. Saat Anda sedang menghadapi permasalahan bisnis, karier, atau bahkan hubungan pribadi, piawai dalam memilih mana hal yang harus dipertahankan atau tidak dapat membantu Anda untuk menentukan langkah terbaik berikutnya. Hidup ini singkat. Tak sepatutnya kita membuang waktu, energi, atau uang karena terus mempertahankan keputusan yang salah."

Quit

From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting to achieve greater success Business leaders, with millions of dollars down the drain, struggle to abandon a new app or product that just isn’t working. Governments, caught in a hopeless conflict, believe that the next tactic will finally be the one that wins the war. And in our own lives, we persist in relationships or careers that no longer serve us. Why? According to Annie Duke, in the face of tough decisions, we’re terrible quitters. And that is significantly holding us back. In Quit, Duke teaches you how to get good at quitting. Drawing on stories from elite athletes like Mount Everest climbers, founders of leading companies like Stewart Butterfield, the CEO of Slack, and top entertainers like Dave Chappelle, Duke explains why quitting is integral to success, as well as strategies for determining when to hold em, and when to fold em, that will save you time, energy, and money. You’ll learn: • How the paradox of quitting influences decision making: If you quit on time, you will feel you quit early • What forces work against good quitting behavior, such as escalation commitment, desire for certainty, and status quo bias • How to think in expected value in order to make better decisions, as well as other best practices, such as increasing flexibility in goal-setting, establishing “quitting contracts,” anticipating optionality, and conducting premortems and backcasts Whether you’re facing a make-or-break business decision or life-altering personal choice, mastering the skill of quitting will help you make the best next move.

The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

Incredible. Anyone wanting to make something of their life needs to read this. It will change how you approach goals.

Julian Paul

Srinivasan Tatachari

I took up this book due to its interesting title “Quit”. And it seemed to be appropriately timed, what with all the buzz about “Great Resignation” and so on. It also came into my shelf at a time when people around me in my workplace were quitting.

Many of the things Annie puts out in this book makes sense - the clear use of the sunk cost traps, escalation to commitment - are perfect in this context. So many of us keep wondering about the time and effort we have invested into building our skills for a job and then are too worried about quitting it for the reason that we already invested so much. Annie brings in the aspected of expected valuie and the fact that quitting early is never too late for making a better change. 

She goes on to also indicate how with the goal setting we might have more difficulties in quitting, because the finish line drives us to complete that task. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense to go further - her examples of marathon runners running with broken bones is very hard hitting. We need to quit when there are enough signals - but it takes a lot of mental energy to do that.

I liked the book overall, but I think the core ideas of the book are a few and there is a lot of repetition because of that. Probably a crisper text would have made it more appealing, in my view

Luis Cascante

Discover when to grit, and when to quit We are often told that the secret to success is hard work, determination, and hours of practice. But in a fast-changing world, what if the really crucial skill is knowing when to stick at something and when to change track and walk away? Quit makes the under-appreciated case for quitting and also shows you how to get really good at it. Drawing on stories from elite athletes to Everest climbers, comedians to musicians, Annie Duke (who left a successful poker career) explains why learning to quit well is often crucial to success. She provides clear strategies for working out when to cut your losses from a business product that isn't working, a relationship turned toxic, or a career that won't take you where you want to go. You'll learn how to spot the blocks to good quitting behaviour -- escalation commitment, desire for certainty and the status quo bias -- and also how to use tools like quitting contracts, flexible goal-setting and premortems to help you quit cleanly and confidently. Whether you're facing a make-or-break business decision, a life-altering personal choice or simply wanting to take more control of your life, Quit provides a toolkit for change to help you make the best next move.

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