The third time to Be a Quitter when what you are doing isn’t working. It goes back to the maxim “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”

It’s hard to admit you are wrong; that the idea you’ve invested your time and money, blood, sweat and tears into just isn’t working. But,when you reach that point—as we all have—you’ve got to know when to quit. Otherwise, your Buggy Whip Company will still be manufacturing product in the era of the fuel-injected engine.

I invested 16 years of my life in my second career. I had challenging-to-acquire licenses and certifications galore, and was among the most decorated echelon of people in my industry. But I came to the point that I realized both what we were doing, and the way we were doing it just wasn’t working any more. To the astonishment of my mouth-agape peers I walked away and began speaking about the knowing harm our industry was doing to innocents. One far more dedicated and respected peer said of it all “Well, I just keep hoping things will get better.” Argh! That’s like the pig standing in line at the slaughter plant waiting his turn at the stun-gun just hoping people will suddenly quite eating pork. Don’t stand there and keep hoping. RUN!

In the next blog post—the Final Installment in this series—Why we are reluctant to quit & and a surprising revelation about Jesus.