you don’t entertain the Plan B option because when…
Page 67 you don’t entertain the Plan B option because when you do your entertaining failure, and entertaining failure, you will embrace it.
— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · Fortitude American Resilience in the Era of Outrage written by Dan Crenshaw
In the book
On the one hand: quitting should never be plan A. 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. […] 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)