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"Quitting: A Life Strategy: The Myth of Perseverance—and How the New Science of Giving Up Can Set You Free" by Julia Keller

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Rethinking the Myth of Perseverance

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.

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