Via Guy Kawasaki: Seth Godin, The Dip:
Question: Other than hindsight, how does someone know when it’s time to quit?
Answer: It’s time to quit when you secretly realize you’ve been settling for mediocrity all along. It’s time to quit when the things you’re measuring aren’t improving, and you can’t find anything better to measure.
Smart quitters understand the idea of opportunity cost. The work you’re doing on project X right now is keeping you from pushing through the Dip on project Y. If you fire your worst clients, if you quit your deadest tactics, if you stop working with the people who return the least, then you free up an astounding number of resources. Direct those resources at a Dip worth conquering and your odds of success go way up.
What’s the worst time to quit? When the pain is the greatest. Decisions made during great pain are rarely good decisions.
Tiré du même article :
Question 6: What’s more powerful: a short-term pain or long-term gain?
Answer: The power of quitting is that it empowers you.
En ne prenant que ce début de réponse, la réflexion peut porter aussi bien sur les entreprises d’un point de vue global que sur les employés au niveau individuel…