Exploring the concept of quitting and challenging the notion of perseverance, this chapter examines the pressure to not quit and traces the origins of the idea of grit. It also highlights the effective strategy of quitting in the animal world using the example of honeybees and draws a parallel to Simone Biles' decision at the Olympics.
We're often told to tough things out. But Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Julia Keller wanted to know: is grit all it's cracked up to be, or is it possible that sometimes quitting is actually a better life strategy?
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