If you’re 14）stuck doing something， and don’t really want to do it anymore， step back for a second. Ask if you really have to do this， and what value is being produced from your doing it. Don’t think about the time you’ve put into it， or how much it’s taken over your life. If you don’t want to do it， and don’t have to do it， don’t do it.
By quitting these things， you’ll free up time to do things that actually do create value， for yourself and for others. You’ll have time to read all the great books out there， or at least a couple more. You can start putting your time and effort into the things you actually like to do.
Let’s try it together： What are the things you’re doing， that you’re only doing because you’ve been doing them for so long？ Quit. Don’t let time spent 15）dictate time you will spend. Let’s learn how to say “no” at the beginning， or in the middle， and free up more of our time to do the things we’d like to be doing， and the things actually worth doing.
Saying no is hard， and admitting a mistaken yes is even harder. But if we do both， we’ll start to make sure that we’re spending our time creating value， rather than 16）aggravating our losses. Let’s be quitters together.
What do you think？ What in your life can you quit？
我是那種害怕說“不”的人。我每次總是承擔太多的工作，並且花費太多的時間做我不想做的事情。我會把事情完成，但往往無法做到最好，或者不是以最佳的方式利用自己的時間。
所以，我的最新目標——無論從職業和個人方麵——就是成為一個懂得放棄的人。
學會放棄，並不是去做一個輕易放棄的人，這種人沒有看透事情的關鍵。我渴望成為與之相反的人，我認為我們都應該這樣。我想成為這樣一種懂得放棄的人——當無法創造更高的價值，或者創造這種價值需要犧牲更重要的事時，他們會選擇離開。
我想放棄做那些別人要求我做的事，因為我做這些事的唯一原因隻是別人叫我去做。我希望能在中途放棄一些事，因為我意識到自己從中沒有得到任何好處。