Tone of Quitting - by anonymous
July 30th, 2007 by rockanneWe often try when it’s long past productive to try & stay until it’s more painful to stay than to leave.
If you tried almost every success & you are still a failure, don’t ever try quitting. There are people who don’t succeed because they have quitted. On the other hand, many successful people are so because they have not stopped trying to change an unalterable failure in success.
Quitting is a decision, a decision which is usually hard to make even if it is right. Calling it quits can be really tough if it means staking the stability, harmony or comfort of a relationship with someone or something. Quitting can be harder still especially if it is to be really decisive. It always costs us something & we are never the same afterwards. Every time we say goodbye, we leave a part of ourselves behind. And it is painful – it is like uprooting something which is planted firmly in place.
Sometimes we tend to shun the risk of failure. We are afraid to leave the shore & set sail on uncharted seas. Life is a risk. Taking risks is the only way to live as well as to succeed. When we don’t take risk, we cheat the world of what we have to offer. We also cheat ourselves of what the world has to offer.
However, there are also times that quitting is the only solution to make everything in order. Besides, quitting is an admission that we’ve failed in one aspect. But that doesn’t mean we’re failure in all the other aspects. When we get rejected, that doesn’t mean we’re reject. Putting it differently, quitting is sometimes a signal of a new beginning, a first step to success. But we must still to consider factors which can help us realize the right thing at that moment.
First, know your reason for quitting or staying on. Let’s say you’ve carefully evaluated the situation & decided to persist. Are you hanging on because it’s convenient or because quitting is uncomfortable? Whether you decide to give up or hang tough, don’t forget your emotions. Sometimes all indications tell to give up. But have you considered your emotional attachment to that someone? Or something?
Second is to know yourself. What you really want yourself to be? Because sometimes, we get distracted, stuck up, or even lost. Then you must learn how to set priorities, decide which is more important – prestige & money, or satisfaction & sense of accomplishment? Upon doing those things learn to wait. If you think you must quit or hang on, think of it many times. Never say die even if everything else is telling you it’s dead.