Ways To Know When It’s Time To Cut Your Losses

Take a few minutes to think about this.
When you are doing it for the wrong reasons, then everything that you do should have a reason behind it. Your reason. One that matters and makes sense to you and you should always be in synch with it. The moment the reason is no longer there, or is no longer valid, it is time to move on.

Maybe you are doing something because someone pressured you into it or it just landed on your desk. Or because you are afraid to disappoint other people, or even yourself. These might seem like valid reasons at the time, but there are not yours and sooner or later they are going to backfire on you. If it doesn’t make sense to your personally, it is time to cut your losses and move on.

Stop whatever you are doing right now.

Not literally. Keep reading (it’s quite interesting).

Stop. Whatever. You are doing that you know you should’ve quit a long time ago. Maybe it is that “dream” project that you started so long ago that you don’t even remember why you were so passionate about. Maybe it’s your 9-to-5 that you hate going to every day. Maybe it’s relationship that you should’ve ended a few months back.

Quit. Or at least think about quitting.

There is at least one thing in your life right now that you know deep down you should not be doing. It doesn’t feel right (or at least not any more). It is wearing you down. Keeping you up at night.

Quit.

Don’t listen to the outside voices screaming “a quitter never wins and a winner never quits”. Listen to your inner voice. The one that matters the most.

This way you earn respect.