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The big 5 factors that lay within your control. How to ensure your "quitting strategy" is a winner.
The inability to complete a task often signals that you, as an individual, lack the necessary knowledge, capability, or time to do it effectively. It indicates that your ambition is great, but you are currently not the right "who" for the job.
The American Psychological Association defines willpower as the ability to resist immediate urges so that long-term goals can be met, unwanted traits replaced and challenges are handled rationally, not emotionally.
Adaptability is an important lens for high achievers. Often this group will set challenging goals that they soon realize are likely unattainable in their preset timeline.
Pivoting is the ability to distinguish between tasks that must be attended to immediately, postponed, or abandoned completely. It’s a skill set worth developing, and it’s useful in all areas of life.
Reframing is a technique used in business, psychology, communication, and software engineering. It is a useful tool, and one could argue it has been around since ancient times.
