December 17, 2024 • 16 mins
Struggling with the decision to quit something that no longer feels right? In this episode, we break down what’s at stake, the fears that hold us back, and how to give yourself permission to realign with what truly matters.
Why you should listen:
- What’s really at stake when you consider quitting: Identify the hidden fears and emotional ties that hold you back from making a clear decision.
- How to overcome the fear of failure: Reframe your fears, release self-doubt, and recognize that quitting doesn’t mean your efforts were wasted.
- The power of trusting yourself: Learn how to trust your instincts and give yourself permission to let go, even without a clear “next step.”
- Why quitting can create space for growth: Discover how walking away opens new opportunities that align with your next chapter.
If you’ve ever struggled with knowing when to let go, this episode is for you. Listen in, share with someone who needs it, and let’s redefine what quitting really means.
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(00:01):
I know this isn't working, butletting go feels like failing.
Have you ever had this thought,like you're holding onto a
business idea?
An offer.
Maybe even a dream or how you'veconceptualized your business as
opposed to look and function.
Not because it's working, butbecause walking away feels like
you're giving up on yourself.
(00:21):
Here's what I've learned.
Quitting doesn't have to meanfailure.
It can mean alignment, but thefear of what it might say about
us often keeps us stuck farlonger than we need to be today.
We're going to talk about how toreframe quitting.
Instead of seeing it as givingup, we'll explore how to see it
as a brave.
Aligned decision.
(00:52):
Okay, welcome back to the jury.
HSA said podcast.
In the last episode, we exploredhow to realign your goals.
When you feel like you've lostmomentum.
And today we're going to bediving into one of the toughest
questions you'll ever face.
When do you know, it's time toquit?
This episode is for you.
If you've been wrestling withthe idea of letting go of
something that no longer feelsright, but you can't seem to
(01:14):
shake the fear of what thatdecision might mean.
Here's what we're going to covertoday.
What's really at stake whenyou're considering quitting.
The fears that hold us back andhow to give them less power.
And why trusting yourself evenwithout a backup plan is the key
to clarity.
By the end of this episode, mygoal is to give you the tools to
navigate this decision withconfidence and self-trust.
(01:37):
So let's start here.
What's really at stake.
If you quit.
So many people hesitate to walkaway because they feel like the
stakes are impossibly high.
Or that the outcome of whatthey're thinking about letting
go of just like the pressure ofthat feels too much to bear.
You might worry about wastedtime money you've already spent.
(01:58):
You know, the effort that you'vealready put in.
Maybe you're asking yourself,what will people think?
Will they see me as a failure?
Will I regret this later?
And here's what I want you toask and said, what am I really
afraid of losing?
And am I holding on?
Because I believe in this orbecause I'm afraid to let go.
Often when we dig deeper, thething we're clinging to isn't
(02:21):
the work or the goal itself.
It's what we've tied to it.
Our sense of identity, our senseof self-worth or how we want
others to perceive us or what wefear they may perceive us to be.
If we choose to make thisdecision.
But here's the truth.
Staying in something that nolonger serves, you will cost you
far more in the long run thanletting get go ever.
(02:43):
Could.
Fear is a really powerful forcewhen you're thinking about
quitting.
So let's name it.
One thing that has always reallyhelped me when I've been afraid
of stopping or letting somethinggo is asking myself, what is the
worst case scenario.
If I decide to quit.
And quitting in the sense of notnecessarily saying I'm going to
stop at all costs and never doanything again, like I'm just
(03:06):
giving up, but quitting in thesense of.
I'm not going to do whatever thething is in the same way at the
same capacity with the sameinputs is how I've done it
before.
The other question I like to askmyself is what's the story I'm
telling myself about whatquitting says about me.
And those two questions reallyhelped me get to the core root
(03:28):
of what the truth actually isand what my truth is versus the
fear or the worry that I'm kindof manufacturing and creating,
creating in my mind.
So sometimes we are so afraid ofwhat might happen that we never
take the time to really look atit.
But here's what I've seen whenyou give those fears air, they
(03:48):
lose their grip on you.
So for example, I worked withsomeone recently who was holding
onto a business offer that,that.
Had once been her bread andbutter, you know, for years it
was her go-to offer.
It was her signature offer.
It was where she, you know, itwas an offer that brought in
consistent clients and revenue.
And that was the case for years,but now it was just draining her
(04:10):
energy.
You know, her season of lifechange the delivery mechanism of
that offer worked fine beforeshe had a baby before she got
married, before she moved acrossthe country.
And now no longer has a villageand a family unit.
Um, to help support with herresponsibilities now with a
newborn child at home.
So before that offer was fine,because she had the capacity to
(04:31):
wake up in the morning, thinkingabout her business, going to
bed, thinking about herbusiness.
Like there weren't as manycapacity constraints or
responsibility restrictions thatwere.
You know, impacting hercognitive load and that offer
worked beautifully for thatseason of business, but that
offer now, like it's bumping upwith a lot of barriers based off
of how her lifestyle has changedand that offer no longer is
(04:52):
really suitable for her businessmodel.
For the season that she'scurrently in, in the lifestyle
constraints that she has.
And here's the thing that offerwasn't bad.
You know, it wasn't broken, itwas perfect for her previous
season of business.
But as she grew as her visionshifted as her owner's intent
evolved it no longer feltaligned with where she wanted to
(05:13):
go next.
And with really that the type ofoffer that, those specific
problem that she wanted to serveher clients through.
So when I asked her what's theworst that could happen.
If you let this go.
Or there's let go the parametersof which you've designed this
initially.
And her answer surprised her theworst case scenario wasn't about
(05:33):
failing or losing clients, butit was really for her.
It was more about feeling likeshe had wasted all those years,
building something she no longerwanted.
And quite honestly no longerworked for the season of
business that she was in.
But here's what she alsorealized nothing about that time
was wasted.
And that offer taught her somuch about her strengths, her
(05:54):
clients, and her business model,what problems she was really
good at solving, and it servedher then and letting it go
didn't erase its value.
In fact, it created space forsomething new, something that
felt more aligned for her nextchapter.
And we were able to look at allof the commonalities with those.
Um, those top performing clientswithin that offer type.
(06:17):
And we were able to use the dataof what was the new problem that
was created from that offer.
That really helped her pivot towhat her new offer was for this
next season and really helpcreate some really clear
boundaries and constraints forhow she wants to deliver that
offer.
Now, like she knew what herpreferences are.
Which really only comes by wayof having the experience of
(06:40):
doing something for an extendedperiod of time.
So really the question for youis what are you afraid of coming
true.
And if it is that fear worthholding onto.
Something, that's not workingfor you anymore.
That's no longer congruent in nolonger aligned.
Here's another big question Ihave for you.
(07:00):
Who are you waiting for?
Sometimes we look for permissionto quit from a mentor, a friend,
a coach.
You know, from God, the holyspirit, you know, getting
convicted by a word.
And we think if I just getassigned that I know it's time
to let go.
But here's the truth.
That sign might never come inthe way in which you are
expecting it to come.
(07:22):
And sometimes we can be missingthe signals.
Or we are fighting for ourlimitations because we want to
hold on to them because that's,what's familiar.
And sometimes to the answer thatwe won't want is the thing that
keeps boomeranging back over andover and over again.
What I mean by that is I was ona coaching call earlier today
(07:43):
and I was talking with somebodywho's been really struggling
with her business since 2021over the past few years.
Um, because she had her biggestyears during COVID 20, 20 and
2021, she had our largestrevenue ever.
And what she's noticed is thatshe's having a really difficult
time hitting those same revenuemetrics over the past two or
three years since then.
But we also noticed that therewas this huge resistance with
(08:05):
specializing in her messagingand really claiming what is true
about the consistency of clientsthat she was serving.
She was really afraid of nichingdown.
And really just, honestly, Idon't want to say niching down
aimlessly, cause that's not whatthe, what the issue was here,
but really claiming thespecialization of that was
already true about how shereally helped clients.
And she was really weirdly like,you know, wrestling with, you
(08:27):
know, and she told me on thiscall that, you know, I've been
wrestling with this for years inmy business.
Cause she helps people with likeweight loss.
And strength building andmanaging hormones.
And what we also discovered isthat she really has two core.
Areas of specialization withinher business.
She's real.
She helps people specificallytrain for half marathons and
marathons, and she alsospecifically helps women over
(08:50):
40.
Um, who have you were aperimenopause dealing with, you
know, using strength training asa way to regulate and balance
their homework hormones.
But she was really, reallyhesitant to actually claim that
publicly in her marketing.
And what I see happen a lot oftimes with clients who aren't
like that is that they get stuckin being the coach.
And they forget to put on theirmarketing hat and sometimes not
(09:12):
being able to context switchbetween those two functions in
the business can be the issue.
But I think the bigger issuehere is like, you know, this
idea and this need of, I need toquit being the generalist and I
need to see.
I have an opportunity now.
And my data is telling me that Ineed to do this to step in to
being a specialist.
And that's just another exampleof how this might show up.
(09:33):
And this doesn't mean quittingimpulsively or without thought,
or without using data to informyour decision-making.
You know what it meansrecognizing when something is no
longer in alignment and theoutcome that you are wanting to
see is no longer congruent with,you know, the results that you
ideally want to produce in yourbusiness.
And choosing to act on that.
You know, I think that even inthis situation with specializing
(09:55):
in quitting, from being thegeneralist and choosing to be
the specialist, is that likeone, the data will be there's
enough data to inform that beingthe generalist is no longer
working in your business.
Like you can look at yourconversion rate, you can look at
the quality of leads that arecoming into your business.
You can look at what is myretention rates in my lifetime
value rates of being able toretain customers longer.
(10:18):
Like there's data that can helpinfluence that.
And honestly, a lot of the timewe are aware of the thing it is
that we need to quit.
Because it usually keeps comingback up, over and over and over
again and keeps resurfacing overand over and over again in our
business.
But we keep choosing to fightagainst it.
And one thing that I think iscommon for a lot of us is that
(10:38):
we are so used to success.
Like to struggle being theprecursor for us being able to
accomplish anything successful.
So sometimes we weremanufacturer a struggle.
For us, a hurdle for us toovercome in order for us to
quantify or feel validated.
When we have that success,because success has to come by
(11:00):
way of struggle.
Like many of us are pre-wiredfor that, or that has been our
lived experience in associationto getting what we want.
And sometimes it's verydifficult for us to receive.
And surrender into the simpler,easier option.
And I think that's alsosomething to pull in here.
It's like, what do you need toquit?
But also, what is the easieroption that you are resisting?
(11:22):
Because either you'rediscounting it.
You don't feel like if youachieve success by way of
choosing the easier option, likeyou're somehow invalidating the
accomplishment itself orsomething along those lines.
So what's in front of you rightnow.
Doesn't have to resonateforever.
I think that's also anotherthing too.
You're allowed to grow.
You're allowed to evolve.
You're allowed to try and testthings out without feeling like
(11:44):
you need to make this massivepermanent decision while you're
in that transitionary phase.
Like through the quote unquotequitting process.
And like, yes, you're allowed tochange your mind, you know, like
what worked really well for youin one season of business.
Might just be that it workedwell for you in that one season
of business, but it's alsoreally important to acknowledge
and identify and have theself-awareness to know when
(12:05):
you're in a new season.
And when new decisions need, butwhen you need to give yourself
permission to make new decisionsbased off of where you are right
now, So, this is really theheart of it.
Are you holding on because youtruly want this.
And are willing to pay the priceor are you holding on because
you don't know what happens ifyou let go.
(12:26):
And I think that it's reallyimportant to think about what
are the trade-offs, what are theconsequences of me continuing to
hold onto the thing that I'mafraid of letting go of?
And what are the trade offs thatI want to, you know, what are
the trade-offs available here?
And, and then just ultimatelyyou get to choose whatever you
want to do.
But you're also choosing theconsequences that come as a
(12:47):
result of making that decision.
And I think as sophisticatedbusiness owners, as we grow in
our leader on ourself-leadership as CEOs.
That's where the freedom liesand you making the choice and
you have knowing andunderstanding what the
trade-offs and the consequencesare.
And you having peace withwhatever decision you make,
despite the consequences aretrade-offs that you can kind of
think of.
(13:08):
So, let me say this, likequitting is not about failure.
It's about choosing alignment.
And when people finally allowthemselves to walk away, It's
not just about leaving somethingbehind, but it's really about
opening up space for somethingnew and I've seen people quit
and then go on to build thingsthey never dreamed of because
they finally had the energy, thecapacity and the clarity to
(13:29):
focus on what feel felt right.
For the current season that theywere in.
Every time you succeed.
You earn your way to bigger,more meaningful challenges.
It is a privilege to be dealingwith the problems that you're
currently struggling throughright now, because the problems
that you have right now are aresult of prayers being answered
from before.
(13:49):
And I think that's always ahelpful perspective to hold on
to, but the key is knowing whichchallenges you actually want to
solve.
Which problems are worthactually fighting.
And honestly, which problems youare manufacturing and creating,
and, you know, you know, thestruggle that you're creating,
that's maybe unnecessary.
So this is your permission slip.
If it's not this.
(14:10):
It'll be something else.
And the question is what feelstrue for this stage of business
and this season of life.
Quitting is not about giving up.
It's realigning with what'sright for you right now.
And sometimes that's the bravestthing that you can do.
If this episode resonated withyou, I'd love for you to share
it with someone who's wrestlingwith a similar decision,
(14:32):
especially as we're going intothe new year and planning out
what we want for ourselves is areally important question.
I think that you can be askingyourself.
Of what do you need to let goof?
What do you need your get?
What do you need to giveyourself permission to rethink
and, you know, make a newdecision around.
And if you want to keep thisconversation going, make sure to
connect with me over onInstagram, tag me on your
(14:53):
Instagram stories and let meknow what your biggest takeaway
was as always.
Thank you so much for spendingyour precious time with me until
next time.
Trust yourself.
You are the creator of yourreality, and you are allowed to
change your mind.
I know this isn't working, butletting go feels like failing.
Have you ever had this thought,like you're holding onto a
business idea?
An offer.
Maybe even a dream or how you'veconceptualized your business as
opposed to look and function.
Not because it's working, butbecause walking away feels like
you're giving up on yourself.
(00:21):
Here's what I've learned.
Quitting doesn't have to meanfailure.
It can mean alignment, but thefear of what it might say about
us often keeps us stuck farlonger than we need to be today.
We're going to talk about how toreframe quitting.
Instead of seeing it as givingup, we'll explore how to see it
as a brave.
Aligned decision.
(00:52):
Okay, welcome back to the jury.
HSA said podcast.
In the last episode, we exploredhow to realign your goals.
When you feel like you've lostmomentum.
And today we're going to bediving into one of the toughest
questions you'll ever face.
When do you know, it's time toquit?
This episode is for you.
If you've been wrestling withthe idea of letting go of
something that no longer feelsright, but you can't seem to
(01:14):
shake the fear of what thatdecision might mean.
Here's what we're going to covertoday.
What's really at stake whenyou're considering quitting.
The fears that hold us back andhow to give them less power.
And why trusting yourself evenwithout a backup plan is the key
to clarity.
By the end of this episode, mygoal is to give you the tools to
navigate this decision withconfidence and self-trust.
(01:37):
So let's start here.
What's really at stake.
If you quit.
So many people hesitate to walkaway because they feel like the
stakes are impossibly high.
Or that the outcome of whatthey're thinking about letting
go of just like the pressure ofthat feels too much to bear.
You might worry about wastedtime money you've already spent.
(01:58):
You know, the effort that you'vealready put in.
Maybe you're asking yourself,what will people think?
Will they see me as a failure?
Will I regret this later?
And here's what I want you toask and said, what am I really
afraid of losing?
And am I holding on?
Because I believe in this orbecause I'm afraid to let go.
Often when we dig deeper, thething we're clinging to isn't
(02:21):
the work or the goal itself.
It's what we've tied to it.
Our sense of identity, our senseof self-worth or how we want
others to perceive us or what wefear they may perceive us to be.
If we choose to make thisdecision.
But here's the truth.
Staying in something that nolonger serves, you will cost you
far more in the long run thanletting get go ever.
(02:43):
Could.
Fear is a really powerful forcewhen you're thinking about
quitting.
So let's name it.
One thing that has always reallyhelped me when I've been afraid
of stopping or letting somethinggo is asking myself, what is the
worst case scenario.
If I decide to quit.
And quitting in the sense of notnecessarily saying I'm going to
stop at all costs and never doanything again, like I'm just
(03:06):
giving up, but quitting in thesense of.
I'm not going to do whatever thething is in the same way at the
same capacity with the sameinputs is how I've done it
before.
The other question I like to askmyself is what's the story I'm
telling myself about whatquitting says about me.
And those two questions reallyhelped me get to the core root
(03:28):
of what the truth actually isand what my truth is versus the
fear or the worry that I'm kindof manufacturing and creating,
creating in my mind.
So sometimes we are so afraid ofwhat might happen that we never
take the time to really look atit.
But here's what I've seen whenyou give those fears air, they
(03:48):
lose their grip on you.
So for example, I worked withsomeone recently who was holding
onto a business offer that,that.
Had once been her bread andbutter, you know, for years it
was her go-to offer.
It was her signature offer.
It was where she, you know, itwas an offer that brought in
consistent clients and revenue.
And that was the case for years,but now it was just draining her
(04:10):
energy.
You know, her season of lifechange the delivery mechanism of
that offer worked fine beforeshe had a baby before she got
married, before she moved acrossthe country.
And now no longer has a villageand a family unit.
Um, to help support with herresponsibilities now with a
newborn child at home.
So before that offer was fine,because she had the capacity to
(04:31):
wake up in the morning, thinkingabout her business, going to
bed, thinking about herbusiness.
Like there weren't as manycapacity constraints or
responsibility restrictions thatwere.
You know, impacting hercognitive load and that offer
worked beautifully for thatseason of business, but that
offer now, like it's bumping upwith a lot of barriers based off
of how her lifestyle has changedand that offer no longer is
(04:52):
really suitable for her businessmodel.
For the season that she'scurrently in, in the lifestyle
constraints that she has.
And here's the thing that offerwasn't bad.
You know, it wasn't broken, itwas perfect for her previous
season of business.
But as she grew as her visionshifted as her owner's intent
evolved it no longer feltaligned with where she wanted to
(05:13):
go next.
And with really that the type ofoffer that, those specific
problem that she wanted to serveher clients through.
So when I asked her what's theworst that could happen.
If you let this go.
Or there's let go the parametersof which you've designed this
initially.
And her answer surprised her theworst case scenario wasn't about
(05:33):
failing or losing clients, butit was really for her.
It was more about feeling likeshe had wasted all those years,
building something she no longerwanted.
And quite honestly no longerworked for the season of
business that she was in.
But here's what she alsorealized nothing about that time
was wasted.
And that offer taught her somuch about her strengths, her
(05:54):
clients, and her business model,what problems she was really
good at solving, and it servedher then and letting it go
didn't erase its value.
In fact, it created space forsomething new, something that
felt more aligned for her nextchapter.
And we were able to look at allof the commonalities with those.
Um, those top performing clientswithin that offer type.
(06:17):
And we were able to use the dataof what was the new problem that
was created from that offer.
That really helped her pivot towhat her new offer was for this
next season and really helpcreate some really clear
boundaries and constraints forhow she wants to deliver that
offer.
Now, like she knew what herpreferences are.
Which really only comes by wayof having the experience of
(06:40):
doing something for an extendedperiod of time.
So really the question for youis what are you afraid of coming
true.
And if it is that fear worthholding onto.
Something, that's not workingfor you anymore.
That's no longer congruent in nolonger aligned.
Here's another big question Ihave for you.
(07:00):
Who are you waiting for?
Sometimes we look for permissionto quit from a mentor, a friend,
a coach.
You know, from God, the holyspirit, you know, getting
convicted by a word.
And we think if I just getassigned that I know it's time
to let go.
But here's the truth.
That sign might never come inthe way in which you are
expecting it to come.
(07:22):
And sometimes we can be missingthe signals.
Or we are fighting for ourlimitations because we want to
hold on to them because that's,what's familiar.
And sometimes to the answer thatwe won't want is the thing that
keeps boomeranging back over andover and over again.
What I mean by that is I was ona coaching call earlier today
(07:43):
and I was talking with somebodywho's been really struggling
with her business since 2021over the past few years.
Um, because she had her biggestyears during COVID 20, 20 and
2021, she had our largestrevenue ever.
And what she's noticed is thatshe's having a really difficult
time hitting those same revenuemetrics over the past two or
three years since then.
But we also noticed that therewas this huge resistance with
(08:05):
specializing in her messagingand really claiming what is true
about the consistency of clientsthat she was serving.
She was really afraid of nichingdown.
And really just, honestly, Idon't want to say niching down
aimlessly, cause that's not whatthe, what the issue was here,
but really claiming thespecialization of that was
already true about how shereally helped clients.
And she was really weirdly like,you know, wrestling with, you
(08:27):
know, and she told me on thiscall that, you know, I've been
wrestling with this for years inmy business.
Cause she helps people with likeweight loss.
And strength building andmanaging hormones.
And what we also discovered isthat she really has two core.
Areas of specialization withinher business.
She's real.
She helps people specificallytrain for half marathons and
marathons, and she alsospecifically helps women over
(08:50):
40.
Um, who have you were aperimenopause dealing with, you
know, using strength training asa way to regulate and balance
their homework hormones.
But she was really, reallyhesitant to actually claim that
publicly in her marketing.
And what I see happen a lot oftimes with clients who aren't
like that is that they get stuckin being the coach.
And they forget to put on theirmarketing hat and sometimes not
(09:12):
being able to context switchbetween those two functions in
the business can be the issue.
But I think the bigger issuehere is like, you know, this
idea and this need of, I need toquit being the generalist and I
need to see.
I have an opportunity now.
And my data is telling me that Ineed to do this to step in to
being a specialist.
And that's just another exampleof how this might show up.
(09:33):
And this doesn't mean quittingimpulsively or without thought,
or without using data to informyour decision-making.
You know what it meansrecognizing when something is no
longer in alignment and theoutcome that you are wanting to
see is no longer congruent with,you know, the results that you
ideally want to produce in yourbusiness.
And choosing to act on that.
You know, I think that even inthis situation with specializing
(09:55):
in quitting, from being thegeneralist and choosing to be
the specialist, is that likeone, the data will be there's
enough data to inform that beingthe generalist is no longer
working in your business.
Like you can look at yourconversion rate, you can look at
the quality of leads that arecoming into your business.
You can look at what is myretention rates in my lifetime
value rates of being able toretain customers longer.
(10:18):
Like there's data that can helpinfluence that.
And honestly, a lot of the timewe are aware of the thing it is
that we need to quit.
Because it usually keeps comingback up, over and over and over
again and keeps resurfacing overand over and over again in our
business.
But we keep choosing to fightagainst it.
And one thing that I think iscommon for a lot of us is that
(10:38):
we are so used to success.
Like to struggle being theprecursor for us being able to
accomplish anything successful.
So sometimes we weremanufacturer a struggle.
For us, a hurdle for us toovercome in order for us to
quantify or feel validated.
When we have that success,because success has to come by
(11:00):
way of struggle.
Like many of us are pre-wiredfor that, or that has been our
lived experience in associationto getting what we want.
And sometimes it's verydifficult for us to receive.
And surrender into the simpler,easier option.
And I think that's alsosomething to pull in here.
It's like, what do you need toquit?
But also, what is the easieroption that you are resisting?
(11:22):
Because either you'rediscounting it.
You don't feel like if youachieve success by way of
choosing the easier option, likeyou're somehow invalidating the
accomplishment itself orsomething along those lines.
So what's in front of you rightnow.
Doesn't have to resonateforever.
I think that's also anotherthing too.
You're allowed to grow.
You're allowed to evolve.
You're allowed to try and testthings out without feeling like
(11:44):
you need to make this massivepermanent decision while you're
in that transitionary phase.
Like through the quote unquotequitting process.
And like, yes, you're allowed tochange your mind, you know, like
what worked really well for youin one season of business.
Might just be that it workedwell for you in that one season
of business, but it's alsoreally important to acknowledge
and identify and have theself-awareness to know when
(12:05):
you're in a new season.
And when new decisions need, butwhen you need to give yourself
permission to make new decisionsbased off of where you are right
now, So, this is really theheart of it.
Are you holding on because youtruly want this.
And are willing to pay the priceor are you holding on because
you don't know what happens ifyou let go.
(12:26):
And I think that it's reallyimportant to think about what
are the trade-offs, what are theconsequences of me continuing to
hold onto the thing that I'mafraid of letting go of?
And what are the trade offs thatI want to, you know, what are
the trade-offs available here?
And, and then just ultimatelyyou get to choose whatever you
want to do.
But you're also choosing theconsequences that come as a
(12:47):
result of making that decision.
And I think as sophisticatedbusiness owners, as we grow in
our leader on ourself-leadership as CEOs.
That's where the freedom liesand you making the choice and
you have knowing andunderstanding what the
trade-offs and the consequencesare.
And you having peace withwhatever decision you make,
despite the consequences aretrade-offs that you can kind of
think of.
(13:08):
So, let me say this, likequitting is not about failure.
It's about choosing alignment.
And when people finally allowthemselves to walk away, It's
not just about leaving somethingbehind, but it's really about
opening up space for somethingnew and I've seen people quit
and then go on to build thingsthey never dreamed of because
they finally had the energy, thecapacity and the clarity to
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focus on what feel felt right.
For the current season that theywere in.
Every time you succeed.
You earn your way to bigger,more meaningful challenges.
It is a privilege to be dealingwith the problems that you're
currently struggling throughright now, because the problems
that you have right now are aresult of prayers being answered
from before.
(13:49):
And I think that's always ahelpful perspective to hold on
to, but the key is knowing whichchallenges you actually want to
solve.
Which problems are worthactually fighting.
And honestly, which problems youare manufacturing and creating,
and, you know, you know, thestruggle that you're creating,
that's maybe unnecessary.
So this is your permission slip.
If it's not this.
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It'll be something else.
And the question is what feelstrue for this stage of business
and this season of life.
Quitting is not about giving up.
It's realigning with what'sright for you right now.
And sometimes that's the bravestthing that you can do.
If this episode resonated withyou, I'd love for you to share
it with someone who's wrestlingwith a similar decision,
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especially as we're going intothe new year and planning out
what we want for ourselves is areally important question.
I think that you can be askingyourself.
Of what do you need to let goof?
What do you need your get?
What do you need to giveyourself permission to rethink
and, you know, make a newdecision around.
And if you want to keep thisconversation going, make sure to
connect with me over onInstagram, tag me on your
(14:53):
Instagram stories and let meknow what your biggest takeaway
was as always.
Thank you so much for spendingyour precious time with me until
next time.
Trust yourself.
You are the creator of yourreality, and you are allowed to
change your mind.
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