Quitting for success
Most of us have heard of failing forward, or falling upward. Both those terms basically mean leveraging your mistakes and using them as a springboard for greater success. But here’s an interesting one, ‘quiting for success’.
I first heard about this concept from Dawud Miracle over at dmiracle.com, and it’s actually something that most of us know subconsciously but we sometimes find it hard to implement. For a lot of people, the thing that holds them back from any sort significant success, is all the insignificant projects that they hold on to. Typically 80% of what we do only contributes toward 20% of our success, so by quitting some of those projects that fall in the 80% category, we can actually focus more on the 20% that giving us the results. Simple really, but quite powerful.
It’s so politically incorrect, but have you considered quitting? It might just make you more profitable 
I’d like to know what you think.
Simon
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I hear what you are saying, I am just too afraid to quit I need that safety net. But if I didn’t have to sit here at work and build someone elses’ business for eight hours a day I could focus that time on building my own business.
But who or what will catch me if I fail?
I see your point, and I would definitely not suggest that you quit something like a job if you can’t afford it. But I know that I can easily get caught up in so many personal projects, and they aren’t always productive.
I guess the difficulty is in finding the right balance, and perfection is a pipe dream, but that shouldn’t stop us from striving for it.
Simon
That is true sometimes you just have to make the leap and hope for the best. Watch the first step though its a looloo!