In Patrick DeWitt’s novel French Exit, the mom asks her thirty-two year old son to get something for her. “Please bring me my cup.” “I will if you want me to.” “I want you to want to.” And he obeys. So I ask . . .
QUITTING LOSERS FOR BAD PLAYOFF MOOD
Quitting Losers is the worst show on television. Last night’s episode was the Phoenix Suns quitting on the Denver Nuggets. I’m not a fan of either team, but I am an NBA fan. Why is it especially hurtful to watch professional players quit on a game?
QUITTERS DO IT FOR A REASON AND IT’S NEVER GOOD ENOUGH
Quitters. They’re are all over the place, but they’re hard to see. Hard to see because being a quitter isn’t the sort of badge people wear with pride. Sure, quitters can be positive, like quitting cigarettes, but that’s not what we’re here to talk about. In this post the focus is on The Big Quit, […]
QUITTERS NEVER WIN, WINNERS NEVER QUIT, BUT . . .
Quitters carry a label that’s hard to peal off, steam off, or scratch off. Once someone gets used to quitting important things, they can quit anything. The best of them develop a skill set where they try to convince themselves they didn’t really quit anything. The reasoning? They were surrounded by real quitters so no […]