Comments on: The Cycle of Quitting

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:23:37 +0000

I have seen this same cycle or pattern of behavior several times while I was working for a start up company which was not very well managed. In fact, you usually see this sort of behavior whenever you have a manager who is not really doing a good job of managing the team members. It is in a scenario like this when people start to become defensive and uncooperative when challenges arise during the project.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:49:25 +0000

I think you need thick skin to be able to get through the push and pull of business. When you are running a business, you will inevitably go through peaks and valleys, small victories and failures. And if you have too thin a skin, you are going to be riding a roller coaster of a ride as you grow your business. That can take it’s toll on you and zap your energy and your productivity.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:16:57 +0000

Some people who are young and inexperienced or who have just been conditioned to surrender to the push and pull of life might be conditioned to quit when the going gets tough. They see failure as a death sentence rather than an opportunity for growth. They probably are not aware of how the most successful inventor viewed failure. Ben Franklin once said, “I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:26:42 +0000

This has actually worked for me as far as the paradigm I can tell now that when I get to the overwhelmed part I need to regroup because I am getting very close to the quitting stage. I have never been a quitter but I have noticed that things are getting harder for me to handle the older I get. Thank you posting this it truly has helped.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:26:41 +0000

Quitting something that gets difficult is so much easier then quitting something that you need to quit doing like smoking and drugs and alcohol etc. why is that? I want to stop smoking and I have tried but I can’t find anything that works for me. But I have found that if I want to quit working out that is very easy to do.

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:26:40 +0000

I don’t understand this concept. I have been involved in a difficult business start up that I wanted to quit numerous times and I never did, not to mention a cheating relationship. I stuck with all of them and things have turned out better than could have been imagined. Most people quit before they have a chance to see the results.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:26:39 +0000

So many people give on things in their lives before they reap the benefits of sticking with it. Life is like a bottle of fine wine and the longer you stick with it and let it age the better it will be in the end. Quitting is to easy and should be avoided because you will regret it later. I have done both and I can tell you from experience stick with it.

By: Mozella

Mozella — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:57:08 +0000

Frankie, No kidding after the last tornados that went through Kansas there were people from other counties driving around getting in the way of the workers and the traffic that was trying to get back and forth to work. So does it make people feel better to see someone else fail or give up on something? Epic failures happen all the time like this.

By: Sherman

Sherman — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:57:07 +0000

Quitting is just so much easier than sticking something out and seeing it through to the end. When people run into problems in your marriage they take the easy road and they get a divorce and start over with someone else. I could have done that myself years ago but I chose to stick it out with my husband and we are closer now than we have ever been.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:57:05 +0000

I wonder why it is so easy to quit something like a marriage or a business that is going under, basically anything except those bad habits that you want to quit, then they are so difficult that you can’t. I have been thinking about this sense I read this article yesterday and it still makes no sense to me. Thank you for posting this I will continue to ponder why.