Kevin Kelly On The Courage It Takes To Live Your Own Life
The Daily Stoic
The Virtues of Quitting and Prototyping Your Life
Choosing to compete with oneself rather than others requires fortitude, self-awareness, and self-containment. It involves having the wisdom to quit when necessary and to pay attention to feedback. Embracing the virtues of quitting involves prototyping your life instead of making grand plans, using an iterative process to experiment and evolve. Adapting to an iterative approach allows for easier admission of errors, learning from mistakes, and course correction. Keeping a flexible identity based on values and character rather than specific outcomes or beliefs enables adjustment and prevents getting stuck. Focusing on core values that remain constant fosters personal growth and development, while being aware of the danger of holding onto fixed beliefs that limit the capacity for change.
