Have you ever struggled with knowing when to walk away from a job?  You know you’re not happy with where you are, but you are scared about taking the next step. You don’t entirely know what the future holds. This is especially harder when you are starting out in your career. You don’t have the benefit of hindsight or years of experience to leverage.

Every decision you make – whether to stay or quit – feels like a big, life-changing decision and you want to get it right.  You don’t want to have regrets. Well, now you’ve “overthunk” it and reached a stage called decision fatigue where you feel stuck and stagnant. Does this all sound too familiar to you? Well, many TFTY listeners are in the same situation.

Meet our expert - Annie Duke. She knows a lot about making decisions under pressure. And the reason why is because she's a former professional poker player. She's won more than $4 million playing poker. In poker, knowing when to fold separates elite players from amateurs.  Elite players were good at exercising the opportunity to quit way more than amateurs. They were more flexible in changing their mind as and when they received new information - when they were dealt new cards. 

But as we'll hear, it’s not just amateur poker players. In the face of tough decisions, we’re all terrible quitters. And that is significantly holding us back. So on today's show, we're going to hear from Annie. A decision strategist, an author, and a business consultant, about not just quitting - but quitting in time and how that is going to set you up for success in the long term.

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