The year before was a very bad climbing year for Rob Hall. So he convinced Doug Hansen to come back the next year because he says, I'll get you up the second time. Like this is one of the big forces that causes us to not quit. We don't think about if I go for this, what are the opportunities I'm going to give up by going for it.
Annie Duke believes we should be quitting things more often, a skill she honed during her lucrative years as a professional poker player on the world stage. Annie talks about the science of quitting, and shows us how to get out of our own way and learn to quit when we should.
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