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Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure

#3393: When It Makes Sense To "Burn Bridges"

Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure

Dre Baldwin

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4.9 β€’ 601 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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You’ve probably heard people say you should never burn bridges. They tell you to leave on good terms, be polite, and keep the door open no matter what. But I’m here to flip that. There are times in life when burning the bridge is exactly what you need to do. In this episode, I’ll explain why sometimes you need to make it impossible to go back, and why that can be the best move for your future. Show Notes:Β  [01:50]#1 You never want to go back, you know you never will, and you want to make sure you never do. [08:32]#2 When you want to give yourself no option but to move forward and not allow yourself to slow down or step backwards.Β  [19:34]#3 When you realize the comfort and ease have been detrimental to you because of the temptation of and your easy access to them.Β  [22:12]Recap Next Steps: πŸŽ“ Work On Your Game University Get structured, get paid β†’ WorkOnYourGameUniversity.com πŸ“§ Dre’s Daily Emails (Free) Clarity. Strategy. Execution. β†’ WorkOnMyGame.com πŸ€– Chat with DreGPT AI that thinks like Dre β†’ DreAllDay.com/AI 🎧 Free Audiobooks The Third Day β†’ ThirdDayBook.com/audible Mirror Of Motivation β†’ MirrorOfMotivation.com/audible πŸ“š Claim Your Free Books The Third Day β†’ ThirdDayBook.com Mirror Of Motivation β†’ MirrorOfMotivation.com Sales Discipline System β†’ SalesDisciplineBook.com Overseas Basketball Blueprint β†’ BallOverseas.com How To Play As Well As You Practice β†’ HoopHandbook.com/Free πŸ’΅ Support the Show CashApp β†’ Cash.app/$DreBaldwin πŸ“± Connect with Dre Instagram β†’ Instagram.com/DreBaldwin TikTok β†’ TikTok.com/@WorkOnYourGame YouTube β†’ YouTube.com/DreAllDay Twitter / X β†’ X.com/DreAllDay Facebook β†’ Facebook.com/WorkOnYourGameUniversity πŸŽ™ All Episodes + Archive β†’ WorkOnYourGamePodcast.com

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0:00.0

You want to make sure that you can never go back.

0:01.9

You burn the bridge.

0:02.6

You can't go back.

0:04.4

Day all day.com.

0:07.2

Work on your game.

0:08.5

Work on your game.

0:09.5

Work on your game.

0:11.3

This is Drey Baldwin.

0:12.5

And work on your game is the system that turns discipline into dominance.

0:17.1

Today's topic is, when does it makes sense to burn the bridges? You have heard of the term

0:24.7

burning bridges, which is essentially it means doing something to where you cannot go back,

0:29.8

whether that's to a person, a place, or a thing. Often it involves human communication when you're

0:35.6

burning the bridges. And you have passed the point of no return in dealing with a person or dealing with a group of people. Maybe it's a job where you cuss out the boss on the way out the door so you know you can't go back to the job or as a breakup where you do something nasty to your now former partner to where you know you can never go back to that person.

0:55.2

And you probably also heard that it never makes sense to burn bridges, even if you are walking

1:02.4

away from a personal situation, or even if you are walking away from a person's situation,

1:06.8

you might as well do it amicably and professionally and courteously, even if you're disappointed with the situation that you're walking away from. You might as well be nice about it. There's no need to spike the football, so to speak, on your way out the door. I mean, what is the benefit to doing it? Well, that's what you already heard and that's what you already probably believe. Today, I'm going to flip that upside down and tell you why it's wrong. And I'm going to tell you why there are times in life when you do want to burn the bridges. I'm going to make it make sense to you that when you're exiting certain situations, you should burn the bridges down to the ground and into whatever the bridge is over top of, whether it's the road down below or the water down below when exiting a situation or removing a person from your life or moving yourself from a situation or a person. Point number one, today's topic once again is when it makes sense to burn bridges. Number one, you never want to go back and you know that you never will go back, and you want to make sure you never go back. So you burn the bridge. All you have had

2:01.4

situations in your life where you dealt with a person, group, maybe even a company that you would

2:05.5

never ever deal with again no matter what they say, what they do, no matter what they offer you,

2:09.3

no matter what circumstances change in your life. Can we agree on this? Everyone have a situation,

2:14.6

person, circumstance, place, etc. You have been with or through in your life in the past.

2:21.0

Then no matter what they do, no matter what they say, no matter how they change, no matter what changes in your life, you would never, ever, ever, ever go back to that person, place, or situation.

2:31.7

Does everyone have something to fit that description? Okay. everybody's saying yes. In these situations, it is okay even suggested that you burn the bridge.

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