From the course: Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Quit

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Would you do it again?

Would you do it again?

From the course: Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Quit

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Would you do it again?

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- Sometimes when we're thinking about leaving a job or a relationship or a situation, we think to ourselves, "Well, yeah, but I've been at it for so long," right? "I've already invested so much time into this PhD. "We've already been married this much time. "I've already invested this much time, "energy, money, thought into it. "It seems a shame to give it up now." But here's the thing. This is a fallacy. It's a mistake in your thinking. It feels true, but it's not actually true. It's the fallacy of sunk costs, and it's a little bit hard to understand because it doesn't really make sense to our heart, but here's the truth. That money and time and energy and thought that you have already put into a person or a relationship or a situation, you will never get that back. Those costs have been sunk. They're gone, they're done, it's over. So the only question that remains is knowing what you know now, would you make the…

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