The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)

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In both of Godin’s outcomes, the key is making it through the tough times, and making it out the other side, whether that’s continuing when times are tough, or getting out early.

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I think it’s because of this tendency to not plan ahead that we get the maxims about never quitting. If we always quit when things get hard we never achieve anything. But we must also make sure we are exerting ourselves towards our actual goals and achievements. Short term pain has more impact on most people than long-term benefits do, which is why it’s so important for you to amplify the long-term benefits of not quitting. You need to remind yourself of life at the other end of the Dip because it’s easier to overcome the pain of yet another unsuccessful cold call if the reality of a successful sales career is more concrete.” [53] If I’m going to quit anyway, is there something dramatic I can do instead that might change the game?The Cul-de-Sac (French for "dead end") is ... a situation where you work and you work and you work and nothing much changes. It doesn't get a lot better, it doesn't get a lot worse. It just is. Godin introduces the book with a quote from Vince Lombardi: "Quitters never win and winners never quit." He follows this with "Bad advice. Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time." Sometimes we get discouraged and turn to inspirational writing, like stuff from Vince Lombardi: “Quitters never win and winners never quit.” Bad advice. Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.”

Book Summary: The Dip by Seth Godin | Sam Thomas Davies

Do you know an entrepreneur-wannabe who is on his sixth or twelfth new project? He jumps from one to another, and every time he hits an obstacle, he switches to a new, easier, better opportunity. And while he’s a seeker, he’s never going to get anywhere.” To overcome the dip, you need to embrace increasingly hard challenges. It’s like in bodybuilding: to grow more muscles you have to lift up heavier and heavier weights. That’s why bodybuilders always try to push their limits further. Think of your personal development as a muscle: no pain, no gain.The dip is a very short book (I read it in about 90 minutes). Seth Godin wrote it to help people recognize when it’s time to quit something versus when it’s time to persevere. Choose the shortest line And then continue scanning for the shortest, going from line to line in search of a shortcut. A great short book that explains why there’s always a ‘dip’ in your projects on your journey to becoming the best in the world – be that getting a promotion, building a business, writing a book, falling in love… anything! At the start, as you put in more effort you’ll see good results. Then, there’s a dip. You’ll put in more and more effort but your results won’t improve. This is where most people quit. If you can push through the dip after everyone else has quit, all of a sudden you’ll appear to be an overnight success because you’ve become the best in the world.

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I think the advice-giver meant to say, "Never quit something with great long-term potential just because you can't deal with the stress of the moment." Now that's good advice. Godin explains that when you get through the Dip, that’s when you’ll reach ‘the big opportunity. The cycle expects you to give up, to stop when it get’s tough, so by pushing through, you will be rewarded. Godin points out that it’s rare to make it through the Dip, therefore there are fewer people with the ability, and these people, as a result, generate more value. People with the ability to push through the Dip, and come out the other side unscathed, are the best in the world, and share this with the minority. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU QUIT Failing is not a choice but the only option you have left once you’ve used up all your resources. Instead, smart quitting is not failing, it’s a way of avoiding failure. Smart quitting is a conscious decision based on what it takes to invest further to emerge from the dip – a choice among more options available to you.The next time you catch yourself being average when you feel like quitting, realize you only have two good choices: Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.”