Lessons from a Quitter Top 10 Lessons From a Quitter
Dec 23, 2025
Discover ten transformative lessons about embracing change and self-compassion. Learn why burnout isn’t a personal failure and how mistakes are just part of being human. Understand that life is a blend of joy and challenges, and it's normal to not have everything figured out. Explore the importance of mindset in achieving personal growth, and how changing your mind reflects wisdom. This conversation invites you to redesign your life and encourages you to be gentler with yourself as you navigate decisions about quitting and staying.
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Modern Work Is Not Natural
- Our modern work culture is invented and not natural to human biology.
- Goli Kalkhoran says this mismatch explains widespread burnout and guilt over struggling to fit in.
Normalize Human Emotions
- Stop shaming normal human emotions and accept them as part of life.
- Goli Kalkhoran suggests using the mantra "how human of me" to reduce guilt and self-blame.
You See A Tiny Slice Of Reality
- You build sweeping personal stories from a tiny slice of evidence.
- Goli Kalkhoran urges expanding your lens and actively looking for counter-evidence to update those stories.