The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)

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The universe is expanding. Because you can now look for something ANYWHERE when you need it (or someone). The amount of diversity is mind-boggling. The world is determined by what a person is interested in, and that person can locate their preferences wherever on the planet. This rule applies to learning a language, taking a class, obtaining a degree, starting a job, or pretty much any endeavor we take on. Opportunity Cost وباختصار يستعرض الكاتب بان اسباب فشل اغلب الناس أنهم لا يعرفون متى ينسحبون بل وأن الملل هو الدافع الاساس للانسحاب الخاطىء أو غير المدروس ، فعلى سبيل المثال اثبتت الابحاث بأن الذين يعملونةفي التسويق غالبا يتوقفون عن متابعة عملائهم المحتملين بعد 5 عمليات محاولة بينما تثبت ذات الإحصائية بأن العملاء يحتاجون 7 محاولات ليقتنعوا . ان انسحاب العاملينةفي التسويق في هذه المرحلة هو عدم قدرتهم على اجتياز المنخفض وانهم اصيبوا بالملل It’s critical to be aware of Cul-de-Sacs in your life. If you gaze into the future and see that it isn’t leading anywhere, you’ve arrived at a dead end.

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I think there are times that that can be a good time to quit disagreeing with the author. I think we spend time, effort and money on things not worth it. It happens. We make mistakes. But those costs are sunk. And if we suddenly realize or get new information that there is something else with a benefit we want and whose costs we’re willing to pay, it’s okay to abandon one item for the other. The key being that the quitting is part of our long-term thinking and not the short-term alleviation of pain.BEST” is subjective – the consumer gets to decide, not you. “WORLD” is selfish – it’s the consumer’s definition, not yours. Everyone’s “WORLD” is defined by the preferences and their conveniences. The next time you catch yourself being average when you feel like quitting, realise that you have only two good choices: QUIT or BE EXCEPTIONAL. Average is for losers. A great short book that explains why there’s always a ‘dip’ in your projects on your journey to becoming the best in the world – be that getting a promotion, building a business, writing a book, falling in love… anything! At the start, as you put in more effort you’ll see good results. Then, there’s a dip. You’ll put in more and more effort but your results won’t improve. This is where most people quit. If you can push through the dip after everyone else has quit, all of a sudden you’ll appear to be an overnight success because you’ve become the best in the world. Success happens IN the dip. Godin points out that the Dip is actually the key to your successes, without it, you’ll never reach mastery. The next time you’re tempted to vilify a particularly obnoxious customer or agency or search engine, realize that this failed interaction is the best thing that’s happened to you all day long. Without it, you’d be easily replaceable. The Dip is your new best friend.”

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The best outcomes occur when you have decided in advance to quit. don’t make the decision when in a state of panic or under pressure.

If you want to be a superstar, then you need to find a field with a steep Dip—a barrier between those who try and those who succeed. And you’ve got to get through that Dip to the other side.” In society, we celebrate only the superstars. The ones that are recognised are always number one, the number one song, movie, organisation or employee. It’s rare for the tenth best or even the twentieth best to even get mentioned. It’s OK to quit sometimes. In fact, it’s okay to quit OFTEN. You should quit if you’re on a dead-end path. You should quit if you’re facing a Cliff. You should quit if the project you’re working on has a Dip that isn’t worth the reward at the end

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New to StoryShots? Get the PDF, free audiobook and animated versions of this review of The Dip and hundreds of other bestselling nonfiction books in our free top-ranking app. It’s been featured by Apple, The Guardian, The UN, and Google as one of the world’s best reading and learning apps. Related Free Book Summaries Anyone considering hiring you, buying from you, recommending you, voting for you, or doing what you want would wonder if you’re the best option.The next time you catch yourself being average when you feel like quitting, realize that you have only two good choices: Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.” Um, okay. You may not need your accountant to be a safe driver. But she needs to be a safe driver for herself. The point of being well-rounded is not to pave the road to success. The point is wellness. What kind of life is a person is going to have if they are awesome at accounting and horrible at everything else? Sure, from a certain level, she might get a driver and a team of people to all the other stuff for her. But to do that, she would need to survive somehow to build that career. Conceptual dip – Industries have to abandon the operating assumptions of their world. They have to get through to the other side when no one believes they will succeed. One reason people feel really good after they quit a dead-end project is that they discover that hurting one's pride is not fatal. You work up the courage to quit, bracing yourself for the sound of your ego being ripped to shreds--and then everything is okay. However, Godin also explains that these ‘extraordinary benefits’ are also rewarded to those who have the courage to quit something early on when they realise it’s not working, they can then re-adjust and focus their energy elsewhere.