The Dip Quotes

“Quitting is difficult. Quitting requires you to acknowledge that you’re never going to be #1 in the world. At least not at this. So it’s easier just to put it off, not admit it, settle for mediocre.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“No, the reason that most of them didn’t have a chance is that somewhere along the way they quit. They didn’t quit high school or college or law school. Instead, they quit in their quest to be the best in the world because the cost just seemed too high.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Quitting the projects that don’t go anywhere is essential if you want to stick out the right ones. You don’t have the time or the passion or the resources to be the best in the world at both. Quitting”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit

“If you’re trying to succeed in a job or a relationship or at a task, you’re either moving forward, falling behind, or standing still. There are only three choices. To”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“most competitors quit long before they’ve created something that makes it to the top.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Selling is about a transference of emotion, not a presentation of facts. If it were just a presentation of facts, then a PDF flyer or a Web site would be sufficient to make the phone ring.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The most common response to the Dip is to play it safe. To do ordinary work, blameless work, work that’s beyond reproach. When faced with the Dip, most people suck it up and try to average their way to success.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“I’d rather have you focus on quitting (or not quitting) as a go-up opportunity. It’s not about avoiding the humiliation of failure. Even more important, you can realize that quitting the stuff you don’t care about or the stuff you’re mediocre at or better yet quitting the Cul-de-Sacs frees up your resources to obsess about the Dips that matter. If you’re going to quit, quit before you start. Reject the system. Don’t play the game if you realize you can’t be the best in the world.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Hardworking, motivated people find diversification a natural outlet for their energy and drive. Diversification feels like the right thing to do.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“If I could offer just one piece of inspiration, it’s this: The Dip is the reason you’re here. Whether you’re lifting weights or negotiating a sale or applying for a job or lunging for a tennis ball, you’ve made a huge investment. You’ve invested time and money and effort to get to this moment. You’ve acquired the equipment and the education and the reputation…all so you can confront this Dip, right now. The Dip is the reason you’re here.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Tennis has a Dip. The difference between a mediocre club player and a regional champion isn’t inborn talent—it’s the ability to push through the moments where it’s just easier to quit. Politics has a Dip as well—it’s way more fun to win an election than to lose one, and the entire process is built around many people starting while most people quit.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“If you are making a decision based on how you feel at that moment, you will probably make the wrong decision.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Winners understand that taking that pain now prevents a lot more pain later.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“the opposite of quitting is rededication.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit

“Here's an assignment for you: Write it down. Write down under what circumstances you're willing to quit. And when. And then stick to it.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) - Seth Godin (Summary by ReadSmartly) Synopsis & Abstract

“On the other hand, when was the last time you heard about someone who stuck with a dead-end job or a dead-end relationship or a dead-end sales prospect until suddenly, one day, the person at the other end said, “Wow, I really admire your persistence; let’s change our relationship for the better”? It doesn’t happen.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Quitting is better than coping because quitting frees you up to excel at something else.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Strategic quitting is a conscious decision you make based on the choices that are available to you. If you realize you’re at a dead end compared with what you could be investing in, quitting is not only a reasonable choice, it’s a smart one”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The time to look for a new job is when you don’t need one. The time to switch jobs is before it feels comfortable. Go. Switch. Challenge yourself; get yourself a raise and a promotion. You owe it to your career and your skills.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Every day you stay is a bad strategic decision for your career because every day you get better at something that isn’t that useful—and you are another day behind others who are learning something more useful.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“When people quit, they are often focused on the short-term benefits. In other words, “If it hurts; stop!”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Average Is for Losers”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“If you’re going to quit, quit before you start. Reject the system. Don’t play the game if you realize you can’t be the best in the world.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“If you want to be a superstar, then you need to find a field with a steep Dip—a barrier between those who try and those who succeed.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Are you overinvesting (really significantly overinvesting) time and money so that you have a much greater chance of dominating a market? And if you don’t have enough time and money, do you have the guts to pick a different, smaller market to conquer?”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The Cul-de-Sac and the Cliff Are the Curves That Lead to Failure If you find yourself facing either of these two curves, you need to quit. Not soon, but right now. The biggest obstacle to success in life, as far as I can tell, is our inability to quit these curves soon enough.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“The Dip creates scarcity; scarcity creates value.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Stick with the Dips that are likely to pan out, and quit the Cul-de-Sacs to focus your resources. That’s it.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations. Reactive quitting and serial quitting are the bane of those that strive (and fail) to get what they want. And most people do just that. They quit when it’s painful and stick when they can’t be bothered to quit.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don’t know. The people who skip the hard questions are in the majority, but they are not in demand.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit