A speaker argues that quitting because something is hard is a mistake, but quitting something that doesn't bring you joy is fine. The real move: accept that worthwhile things are difficult, allow yourself to fail, and take one small step forward instead of waiting to see the whole path.
What would you tell people who are afraid of starting or they're in the middle of it, they're in the crap hole right now going through something that's horrible and they're thinking about quitting. What would be your advice?
While I'm a giant fan of never, never, never, never, never quit, don't give up. Sometimes it's appropriate. Sometimes if it's not working for you and it's not bringing you joy and you're throwing yourself at this, maybe it's appropriate. So it's okay to quit if it's not for you. It's not okay to quit if it's hard. Everything you do is going to be hard. There's nothing that you're going to do that's worth anything, that it's not going to come with its challenges and its learning curve and your giant mistakes. And sometimes you're going to make giant mistakes, and sometimes you're going to not have a clue how to get out of this mistake. Take one little step forward. You don't need to see the light at the end of the tunnel. You just need to kind of shuffle along in the dark until the light comes back on.
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