1184: How to Know When to Quit with Lindsay Crouse

Lindsay Crouse reveals the surprising signs that your grit may be working against you.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How purposeless endurance keeps you stuck

2) How small acts of quitting can make bigger decisions better

3) Why we’re so afraid to quit–and how to get over it

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— ABOUT LINDSAY —

Lindsay Crouse is an independent producer and journalist and author of The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out. A 15-year veteran of The New York Times, her Emmy-nominated work on women’s sports brought widespread change to the industry, including maternity protections for elite athletes sponsored by Nike.

In The Times’s Opinion section, she wrote and commissioned widely read essays and produced hundreds of short documentaries, including commissioning The Times’s first Academy Award-winning film. A life-long competitive distance runner, she graduated from Harvard College, and lives in New York City with her family.

• Book: The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out – Revolutionary Strategies for Personal Growth and Shifting Your Mindset on Success

• Instagram: @lindsaycrouse

• Website: LindsayCrouse.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

• Past episode: 798: How to Have Difficult Conversations about Race with Kwame Christian

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