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How to Quit Self-Inflicted Obligations

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How to Quit Self-Inflicted Obligations

Studies have shown that the human brain has a strong urge to finish tasks that we start.

Dan Silvestre
Oct 31, 2020
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How to Quit Self-Inflicted Obligations

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We don’t like leaving things unfinished or partially done. This is known as the Zeigarnik Effect.

Quitting is not the same as procrastinating or accepting defeat but a shift of priorities.

The only resource that we as humans have a limit of is time. Becoming a master at quitting frees us to pursue other things that we find interesting.

That‘s why you need …

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