num_pages: 336
description: From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting to achieve greater successBusiness 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 earlyWhat forces work against good quitting behavior such as escalation commitment desire for certainty and status quo biasHow 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 backcastsWhether 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.
language: English
title: Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
publisher: Portfolio