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#254: When to Quit - Lessons from World-Class Entrepreneurs, Investors, Authors, and More

The Tim Ferriss Show

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When Should You Quit?

When should you quit a job? Is the job satisfactory? Does it fulfill you? Is there another career path? We tend to romanticize persistence. The question is when should you persist and when are you being a damn fool? I once read an interview of Burishnikov, one of Ballet's greatest dancers and he said it was just a job to him. He never really loved Ballet, which was such a shock for me because he was such a brilliant dancer and yet he never loved it. It was merely a job. Not all aspects of every pursuit are fun, but you should at least love it. And quit if it's not fun, if you don't love it

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