Hacking Your ADHD cover image

When to Quit (rebroadcast)

Hacking Your ADHD

CHAPTER

The Sunk Cost Fallacy

The sunk cost fallacy is when you invest too much into something and then don't get the value back. With time blindness, it's easy for us to be off with our estimates of how long things will take. We also have a tendency to persist with a plan even if it isn't working. There are plenty of projects that i'm never going to get around to finishing rather than carrying around the guilt of not finishing them. And sometimes we've got to let go of things we're never going to have time for.

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner