How To Truly Let Go Of What Doesn’t Matter
5 thought pills on finding courage to let go and move forward
The other day, I was watching a talk by Mel Robbins, author of 5 Second Rule and she said one line that struck me —
We are all guilty of holding on to something for way longer than we should have, be it a relationship, a sinking business or anything else for that matter.
It’s a concept called sunk costs. When you’ve spent a ton of time and ton of money into something, it’s really hard to let go of it.
Before I heard of this, I thought I was the only one struggling. But then I started to look around, and saw that it was everywhere.
On the same day, I came across this post by Ankur Warikoo where he shared the dilemma of deciding between firing an employee who wasn’t working so well and investing more into him/her.
The situations might differ, but the problem is the same.
After investing our time, efforts, money, emotions, energy over something for a long period of time, we expect returns. And we don’t get what we expect, we are stuck with the same dilemma — should we try harder or give up?
