Pultrune basically means quitter. Andrew Jackson got called a Pultrune, challenged someone to a duel, killed them and then got elected president. He could have backed out, but he didn't want to be seen as a quitter either in the whole group spiral. The average age of a successful founder went on the day at the age when they found the company is actually in their 40s because these people have failed a lot.
I recently sat down for a live event and Q&A with the great Annie Duke to discuss her new book, Quit: The power of knowing when to walk away. This episode is the audio from that event. Quit is all about how to develop a very particular skill: how to train your brain to make it easier to know which goals and plans are worth sticking to and which are not.
- Toronto Live Event: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-minds-change-a-conversation-lab-with-david-mcraney-misha-glouberman-tickets-410047431907
- How Minds Change: www.davidmcraney.com/howmindschangehome
- Show Notes: www.youarenotsosmart.com
- Newsletter: https://davidmcraney.substack.com
- Annie Duke's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnieDuke