Growing up, we’re constantly told that quitting is bad and that only losers and weak hearted souls quit. I completely disagree.

Life is about learning. Learning to live and learning to make good decisions. How do we learn to make good decisions? Usually by making bad ones. Thus, the need to quit. If you’re driving and you get lost and head down the wrong way, you don’t just decide to keep going because you don’t want to quit.  You stop and change course so that you can get to your destination.

In business and in life, playing it safe only takes us so far. The real rewards and return on our investment of time comes when we stretch our capacity and take a leap of faith. Real risk requires being okay with feeling uncomfortable. We’re deliberately stepping into the unknown and it is to be expected that we will react with fear. It’s the way we’re wired.