TEM Coaching Tip: The Worst Advice I've Ever Received

Standing out from a lot of contenders over the years, a famous quote that was shared with me is without a doubt the worst piece of advice I’ve ever received.

It comes from Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and there is a good chance you’ve heard it before:

“Quitters never win and winners never quit.”

There is one fundamental problem with this quote.

Time is the most precious commodity any of us possess. Each of us only gets 24 hours in a day which means any time you say yes to something you are by definition saying no to something else.

It should be noted that saying yes to something doesn’t only apply to taking on new things. Any time we continue something we’ve started we are in a way saying yes to it all over again.

Because you can’t do two things simultaneously, quitting something you’ve started that is no longer the best possible use of your time is not only okay, it should be celebrated!

Winners quit things all the time. It’s just a matter of quitting the right things at the right time.