Ask yourself this question: "Would I have ever gotten started with this project, relationship, career, etc. if I had to do it all over again, knowing what I now know?" If your answer is no, then get out as soon as possible. This is called zero-based thinking. I know a lot of people that have a limiting belief that says, "Always finish what you start." They spend years climbing ladders only to realize when they reach the top that the ladder was leaning against the wrong building. Remember that failure is your friend. So if a certain decision you've made in the past is no longer producing results that serve you, then be ruthless and dump it, so you can move onto something better. There is no honor in dedicating your life to the pursuit of a goal which no longer inspires you. This is another situation where you must practice integrity in the moment of choice. You must constantly re-assess your present situation to accurately decide what to do next. Whatever you've decided in the past is largely irrelevant if you would not renew that decision today.
http://www.stevepavlina.com/articles/do-it-now.htm
Some love for Fredric Brown and The Dead Ringer (and travelling carnivals)
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In between all the intense crime literature I have been reading of late, a
more laidback book that I loved was Fredric Brown’s 1948 novel *The Dead
Ringe...
1 day ago
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interesting principle to live by...
but if you live by this principle, are you again limiting yourself? there are wheels within wheels...
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