“We all get the same results in proportion to our zeal and enthusiasm and stick-to-itiveness.” (Dr Bob)
When I have negative feelings about a project, I have a habit of wanting to abandon ship before the project is complete.
I’ve learned, instead, to stick it out.
To abandon a project half-way through is to retrospectively waste my own and others’ time already invested in the project.
It is also usually a sign of emotional instability: I’m taking direction from my emotions, and, because they’re unstable, I’m unstable.
Moreover, it does not do me any favours: I’m sending the message to others that any commitment of mine is not to be trusted.
Do I ever abandon a project prematurely or change course? Yes, but I do so neither rashly not hotly. Strike while the iron is cold.