quitting isn’t about succumbing to reality or failing to…

Page 63 quitting isn’t about succumbing to reality or failing to change what can’t be changed. Quitting is not the same as failure. Quitting means giving up , In a context where there are other options. Options you know you have.

— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · Fortitude American Resilience in the Era of Outrage written by Dan Crenshaw

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The very moment you allow yourself a comfortable plan B, your plan A quietly walks out the door, because to entertain failure is the first step to embracing it. On the other hand: genuine quitting — walking away in a context where you truly have other good options — is not the same thing as failure, and knowing the difference is its own wisdom. (And know that real quitting is a quiet, inner act, often invisible to everyone watching from outside.) The art is to stay fully committed to the climb while keeping the honesty to know when a particular climb is the wrong mountain. […] Refuse to catastrophize. Treat setbacks as temporary, look for the upside, and remember the struggle is universal, not a verdict on you alone. Don't make failure plan A. Stay fully committed to the climb — while keeping the honesty to tell a wise change of course from a defeat. Build the muscle. Face reality, search for meaning, and improvise; keep an anchor aboard before the storm; and lean on the scaffolding of people who have been there. — Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)

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