The Science of Quitting: How, When, and Why to Do It | Julia Keller

The Science of Quitting: How, When, and Why to Do It | Julia Keller

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.

---

Sometimes perseverance is overrated. An argument for strategic quitting.


Julia Keller is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright. She has a Ph.D. in English Literature from The Ohio State University and has taught at Princeton University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Notre Dame, and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. She was the chief book critic at The Chicago Tribune for many years before quitting the world of daily journalism to write books.



In this episode we talk about:

  • The history behind why quitting gets such a bad rap
  • What happens in our brains when we quit
  • Why we don't give enough credit to quitting
  • The myth of perseverance
  • How to talk to our children about healthy quitting
  • The power of having a community of quitters


Related Episodes:



Sign up for Dan's weekly newsletter here

Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok

Ten Percent Happier online bookstore

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Our favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular Episodes


Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/julia-keller


Additional Resources:

Download the Ten Percent Happier app today: https://10percenthappier.app.link/install

Avsnitt(1032)

The Ultimate New Year's Resolution | Susan Piver and Jeff Warren

The Ultimate New Year's Resolution | Susan Piver and Jeff Warren

New Year's Series Episode 1. We talk with expert meditation teachers Susan Piver and Jeff Warren about a radical approach to the new year: self-compassion. Susan and Jeff help introduce the New Year's...

28 Dec 20201h 7min

The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole (January, 2020)

The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole (January, 2020)

I, like many people, have the potential to get pretty dysregulated around food and body image. A lot of men don't talk about this stuff, but there is plenty of evidence that this is a unisex issue. Es...

23 Dec 20201h 25min

Vulnerability: The Key to Courage | Brené Brown

Vulnerability: The Key to Courage | Brené Brown

Vulnerability is not something I ever personally considered to be a valuable skill to cultivate. That is, until I met today's guest, Brené Brown-- who helped me understand that being vulnerable is not...

21 Dec 20201h 5min

Kryptonite for the Inner Critic | Kristin Neff

Kryptonite for the Inner Critic | Kristin Neff

I don't know about you, but there have been many times during this wrenching year where I have made my pain even worse by adding on layers and layers of self-criticism. There's a notion that is deeply...

16 Dec 20201h 22min

Manure for Enlightenment | Fleet Maull

Manure for Enlightenment | Fleet Maull

The notion of transmuting the difficult stuff in your life into something positive has become a cliche. Turning lemon into lemonades, making your mess your message, etcetera. But, as I have said many ...

14 Dec 20201h 8min

The Science of Emotional Intelligence | Daniel Goleman

The Science of Emotional Intelligence | Daniel Goleman

How much would your relationships improve if you could up your emotional intelligence game? That phrase -- emotional intelligence -- entered the lexicon 25 years ago, when my friend Daniel Goleman wro...

9 Dec 202058min

A Meditator in the Arena | Sam Harris

A Meditator in the Arena | Sam Harris

Sam Harris (no relation to me, by the way -- although I wouldn't mind it) has had a formative impact on my contemplative development. He was one of the first "normal" (at least that's how I computed i...

7 Dec 20201h 4min

Secrets from the Happiness Lab | Laurie Santos

Secrets from the Happiness Lab | Laurie Santos

2020 has already sucked extremely hard, but we may now be entering even more difficult months ahead, as winter sets in. So we asked Professor Laurie Santos to come on. She is overflowing with science-...

2 Dec 20201h 4min

Populärt inom Hälsa

somna-med-henrik
rss-bara-en-till-om-missbruk-medberoende-2
rss-jossan-nina
inga-beiga-morsor
angestpodden
rss-vuxna-pa-latsas
not-fanny-anymore
rss-viktmedicinpodden
sexnoveller-deluxe
johannes-hansen-podcast
sova-med-dan-horning
sa-in-i-sjalen
sag-det-bara
rss-sjalsligt-avkladd
rss-the-house-podcast-3
brottarbroder
till-sangs
rss-angra-inget-3
rss-relationsrevolutionen
rss-fet-fakta-podcast