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THE DIP- Teaches you when to quit and when to stick. Seth Godin. Strategy?. PERSIST!!!!. Almost everything worth doing has a DIP. The Dip. The Path of Success. 1910 Sourdough Expedition Climber North Summit. Mt. McKinley 20,320 feet.
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THE DIP-Teaches you when to quit and when to stick Seth Godin
Strategy? PERSIST!!!! Almost everything worth doing has a DIP The Dip The Path of Success
1910 Sourdough Expedition Climber North Summit Mt. McKinley 20,320 feet
Most of us decide to quit in the midst of pain, discomfort, boredom. • This is tactical quitting. • If you make a decision based on how you feel at the moment it is probably wrong!!!!
Huge benefits accrue to those who push just a bit longer or harder. • Specify before hand and under what conditions you will quit. • This generates a Strategic Quitting Criteria.
Having a vision is a way to get through te DIP the swamp • WHY CHANGE? • Never quit something with great long term potentia, just because its hard now!
Strategy? QUIT!!!!! • There is no way out. • A dead end • Coping is keeps you in a cul de sac The Cul de Sac The Path of Failure
Quitting Insights • Medical equipment sales. • Top leave after 5 min and re schedule • Middle stay and wait • Michael Crichton • Andromeda Strain • Great Train Robbery • Jurasic Park
Why we fail to be our best: • 1-Run out of time and quit • 2-Run out of money and quit. • 3-Scared and quit • 4-Not serious and quit. • 5-Lose interest and settle • 6-Gets hard and quit • 7-No passion and SHOULD quit WHICH HAVE SHOWN UP IN YOUR LIFE?
Knowing When To Quit and When To Persistis a powerful lever for your success.Possibly the greatest strategy for achievement.
Guidelines • RED FLAGS: Specify before hand and under what conditions you will quit. • If I quit, will it increase my ability to lean into a DIP? • To get through significant and important and worthwhile DIPS, you will have to quit most everything else!