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Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

Stanley Robertson on Why Quitting is the Last Principle of Success

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

Erik Fisher

Business, Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.5877 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Stanley G. Robertson is the author of the book 'Quit: The Last Principle of Success'. In this conversation, Stanley and Erik discuss:

  • The stigma of quitting
  • The steps of qutting well
  • Bad reasons to quit things
  • Why our brain can't let it go

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0:00.0

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0:05.5

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1:07.9

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1:29.7

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Beyond the To Do List.

1:30.8

I'm your host, Eric Fisher.

1:33.7

This is the show where I talk to the people behind the productivity.

1:37.4

This week I'm excited to share with you a conversation I had with Stanley Robertson.

1:41.6

He's the author of the book, Quit, the Last Principle of Success.

1:44.5

And in this conversation, we're going to talk about what he calls quit shaming and the stigma that surrounds the word quit or quitter or stopping doing

1:49.8

things we should stop doing. We also talk about his four-step process on how to be a successful

1:55.8

quitter, as well as talking about bad reasons to quit something so that we don't quit things we shouldn't

2:01.4

be quitting for bad reasons. And we go way beyond other phrases you may have heard on this show

2:06.6

before like sunk cost fallacy and opportunity cost, although you'll hear them again here in

2:12.4

context. So quit whatever else you're doing and pay attention to this conversation with Stanley Robertson.

2:20.7

Well, this week, I'm thrilled to welcome to the show for the first time.

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