There's nothing wrong with abandoning a project; in fact, doing so means you can focus on your next one, which can be hugely successful. They say a great idea is the most dangerous thing in the world if it's the only one you have; innovation, success, and creation are iterative.
Your first big idea can be a flop and perseverance isn't about sticking with one particular idea - rather, it is about relentlessly staying in the game. You can give up on an idea, but never give up on yourself.
This is just spectacularly bad advice, just statistically speaking.
Sunk cost fallacy: Don't baby a failing project just because of the time you've sunk into it. Spending more time doesn't necessarily mean you recover the costs. Survivorship bias: Of the n (dozens?, hundreds?) other stories that share similar attributes, the Queen's Gambit was the one success story that you heard about. You just don't hear about the failures so you don't have a frame of reference.
Shipachek on December 30th, 2020 at 05:24 UTC »
There's nothing wrong with abandoning a project; in fact, doing so means you can focus on your next one, which can be hugely successful. They say a great idea is the most dangerous thing in the world if it's the only one you have; innovation, success, and creation are iterative.
Your first big idea can be a flop and perseverance isn't about sticking with one particular idea - rather, it is about relentlessly staying in the game. You can give up on an idea, but never give up on yourself.
DaBokes on December 30th, 2020 at 05:30 UTC »
I imagine Chess App sales are up...
100101010010101010 on December 30th, 2020 at 07:50 UTC »
This is just spectacularly bad advice, just statistically speaking.
Sunk cost fallacy: Don't baby a failing project just because of the time you've sunk into it. Spending more time doesn't necessarily mean you recover the costs. Survivorship bias: Of the n (dozens?, hundreds?) other stories that share similar attributes, the Queen's Gambit was the one success story that you heard about. You just don't hear about the failures so you don't have a frame of reference.