Book description
'Brilliant and entertaining' Daniel Kahneman | 'Quit what you are doing right now and read this' Richard Thaler | 'Engrossing, important, and grounded in science' Katy Milkman
What if the secret to success is not just hard work, but knowing when to change track?
In this game-changing guide, decision-making expert…
Why read it?
1 author picked Quit as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A book on quitting may seem like a downer to end my list of recommendations, but if that is what you think, you’ve got quitting all wrong.
Quitting is not about endings, but about clearing the page so there is space to write the next story. In this thought-jostling book, Duke brings the reader into the lives of notable characters who stayed in the game too long and the high price they paid for not walking away.
Throughout her engaging narratives, she infuses research on why we hang on too long and offers reflective questions to get us out of…
From Dorothy's list on why work sometimes sucks and what to do about it.
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The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.
The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.
Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…
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