Someone has just fleshed out your project proposal.
You now have a better view of what it would take to see your project through and you start to feel uncomfortable.
You think to yourself:
‘Wow, this project is going to require a lot more time, money and effort than I thought it was.’
Now you have a decision to make.
Either you quit now or you see it the whole way through.
Quitting when it gets hard is not advisable.
Why?
Because it is undoubtedly going to get hard.
Everything worth attaining gets difficult at some point.
But quitting before you start, now that’s much more productive.
Examining the requirements and quitting before you begin saves you time, money and effort. It frees you up to pursue worthier projects.
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Now I can take no credit for this philosophy. I learnt it all from Seth Godin’s great book ‘The Dip‘.
Thomas Duggan 