Kuacha ni Kuzuri
Annie Duke, former poker player: Quitting is good.
KISWAHILI
“Kuacha kwa wakati kwa kawaida huhisi kama kuacha mapema sana…. Uelewa wetu kiasili ni kwamba kukata tamaa kutapunguza kasi ya maendeleo yetu. Kinyume chake ni kweli kweli. Ukiondoka kutoka kitu ambacho hakina maana tena, ambayo hukuweka huru kubadilisha kwa kitu ambacho kinaweza kukusaidia kufikia malengo yako—na utafika huko haraka zaidi.”
- Annie Duke, mwandishi wa Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, page 47.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
“Quitting on time usually feels like quitting too early…. Our intuition is that quitting will slow down our progress. The reverse is actually true. If you walk away from something that is no longer worthwhile, that frees you up to switch to something that is more likely to help you achieve your goals—and you’ll get there faster.”
- Annie Duke, author of Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, page 47.
Kuhusu (About):
KISWAHILI
Annie Duke aliyekuwa wa kucheza poka wenye mafanikio makubwa, na sasa ni mwandishi, na mzungumzaji wa shirika na mshauri aliyetafutwa katika katika sekta ya kufanya maamuzi; pia ni mwanzilishi mwenza wa shirika lisilo ya faida linatiwa Alliance for Decision Education kwamba kuwezesha wanafunzi kufanya maamuzi bora. Yeye pia yuko kwenye sSubstack(!):
.ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Annie Duke is a former professional poker player with great success, and now is a best-selling author, and highly sought-after corporate speaker and consultant in the decision-making space; she is also the co-founder of the non-profit Alliance for Decision Education to empower students to make better decisions. She is also on Substack (!): .
KISWAHILI: Asante na tutaonana tena,
Mmerikani
ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Thank you and may we see each other again,
Mmerikani
Chanzo (source): Duke, Annie. Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away. New York: Penguin Random House, 2022, page 47. Kindle edition.
Wow. This is exactly what has happened here in Japan (IMHO). After the war, the Japanese were moved into serving the country by entering large companies and working, day-in and day-out, showing a fealty (even to the point of death) for the nation’s success. I think this is one reason that there is such a dearth of creativity. If you are working 24/7 and do not stop, you won’t have time to recharge your batteries, to smell the roses, and to dream. Without that space to think, you won’t see new opportunities.
That loyalty to the company has changed somewhat since the economic bubble burst in the 1990s, and more young people are not willing to follow the same path as their grand/parents. They don’t want to work long hours of unpaid overtime! Maybe they will “switch to something that is more likely to help [them] achieve [their] goals.”
I hope they will quit at quitting time!