Quitters Can Win. Here's Why

I recently closed the doors on a program that i've been running (in partnership) for years. By all accounts, it was 'successful'. Yet, we both knew it was time to end it.

This can seem really counter-intuitive, particularly in a culture that sends us the alluring message that 'more is always better'. In turn, it often lulls us away from tuning into that inner voice that's trying to get our attention.

Don't get me wrong: deciding to shut down something that serves people, that brings in consistent revenue, and that we enjoy wasn't an easy choice. But we've both come to learn that the longer that inner knowing is suppressed, the more it finds a way to make itself heard. That can look like (sharing from personal experience, as well): burnout, illness, and/or things falling away/apart or collapsing. 

Resistance tends to accompany this. The alternative option is listening in the first place and moving with the flow of what's presenting itself.

Yes, it can be scary. Fear is an expected companion to growth.

The two can, and likely will, co-exist. There's no need to wait for fear to dissipate to act.

It's an invitation to have trust and faith and to move forward with those. Perhaps there's data to support your decision-making, as well. 

There's also the benefit of knowing that where you put your energy expands. And when there are fewer and more focused places, those things grow (versus when energies are scattered, so are results.)

There's no shame in this, either. It's not quitting. Or failing. It's being decisive, proactive, and tuned in. (I realize it could sound as though I'm convincing myself of this. But this is a hard-won lesson I've tackled after being raised to believe that 'winners never quit and quitters never win'. Au contraire. Just ask these well-known names.)

It's turning on that signal to the universe that you're ready for what's next and inviting in what's most aligned, rather than holding tightly to something that no longer is.

With that I ask you: is there anything in your life that you're gripping onto but have an inner sense that it's time to move on?