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Every Olympic athlete, every leader, and very human being has a little known brain part in common: a Quit Switch. Some people out of lifelong habit throw the quit switch at the first sign of frustration. Their day of phone calls gets frustrating, so they throw the switch and go for coffee with a co-worker for two hours of sympathetic negativity. Everyone has a Quit Switch. Not everyone knows it. Get to know it: notice yourself flipping the switch. You can’t quit and you won’t quit until you throw the switch. A human being is built like any animal to persist until a goal is reached. Somewhere along the way, though, we learn about this little switch. Soon, we start flipping the switch. We quit. If you weren't in the habit of throwing the switch too early, you would achieve virtually any goal you ever set. Whether you flip it early or late is only habit.
The switch flipping habit is misinterpreted as lack of will power, courage, drive or desire, but that is nonsense. It’s a habit and like any other habit, it can be replaced with another habit. Make it your habit not to throw the Quit Switch early in any process.
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Read the following passage and answer questionsEvery Olympic athlete, every leader, and very human being has a little known brain part in common: a Quit Switch. Some people out of lifelong habit throw the quit switch at the first sign of frustration. Their day of phone calls gets frustrating, so they throw the switch and go for coffee with a co-worker for two hours of sympathetic negativity. Everyone has a Quit Switch. Not everyone knows it. Get to know it: notice yourself flipping the switch. You can’t quit and you won’t quit until you throw the switch. A human being is built like any animal to persist until a goal is reached. Somewhere along the way, though, we learn about this little switch. Soon, we start flipping the switch. We quit. If you weren't in the habit of throwing the switch too early, you would achieve virtually any goal you ever set. Whether you flip it early or late is only habit.
The switch flipping habit is misinterpreted as lack of will power, courage, drive or desire, but that is nonsense. It’s a habit and like any other habit, it can be replaced with another habit. Make it your habit not to throw the Quit Switch early in any process.
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