Working: Author Annie Duke Explains How to Get Better at Quitting

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🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week, host June Thomas talks to Annie Duke, an author and former professional poker player whose latest book is Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away. In the interview, Annie explains why she’s trying to rehabilitate the word “quit.” She also uses examples to illustrate why quitting is sometimes the best option and why people often stick to projects and jobs that aren’t working. After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler discuss their own experiences with quitting and saying “no” to things. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Annie talks about balancing individual goals with the goals of your community. She also gives some possible explanations for why there aren’t more women in professional poker. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. -- Check out Remote Works here: https://link.chtbl.com/remoteworks?sid=podcast.WORKING Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What we lose sight of once we've started something is what we could be doing instead.
0:16.0	And we're so afraid of that moment from going from failing to having failed, that we will just keep going
0:24.2	even when we shouldn't.
0:29.6	Welcome back to working.
0:31.4	I'm your host, Isaac Butler.
0:33.3	And I'm your other host, June Thomas.
0:36.1	June, you know, I was just thinking of you yesterday that you must be the one person in the
0:42.3	UK who feels like may be okay about what's going on because your book advance and salary
0:47.5	are paid in dollars.
0:48.5	How are things going over there?
0:50.0	Yes.
0:50.7	At least one person texted me with that observation on the day when the words pound plummets were all over the news.
0:58.0	That's my drag name.
0:59.5	Pound plummets? It's a good one.
1:00.9	Pound plummets, yeah.
1:02.8	What goes up must come down. And I don't want anyone thinking that I'm like doing all kinds of big deals to leverage this development.
1:10.4	I'm just sort of watching the rate because Edinburgh as a big tourist center, for some reason,
1:16.9	lots of the stores on the main shopping street have the dollar pound exchange rate in shop windows.
1:21.8	So I can see it all the time.
1:24.2	And I'm therefore experiencing tremendous guilt about being in a better situation than pretty
1:29.6	much everybody else in this country.
1:31.5	I got it.
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