When to quit? An entrepreneur’s guide to pulling the plug

Gabe Zichermann
Failosophy
Published in
5 min readMar 12, 2019

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If you believe the pop-psych literature, perseverance is the most predictive characteristic of successful people. But isn’t knowing when to quit equally important for a satisfied and fulfilled life as an entrepreneur?

The basic narrative is that anything worth doing will have major setbacks, and in the face of adversity what you must do is get up, dust yourself off…

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Gabe Zichermann
Failosophy

Author and Public Speaker on Gamification, The 4th Industrial Revolution, the Future of Work and Failure. More about me: https://gabezichermann.com