What Do You Need To Quit? With Joanna Penn And Orna Ross

“If you just keep writing/querying/marketing/etc you will eventually be successful. Just don't give up.” We've all heard a variation of this, but what if it isn't true? When is quitting worthwhile?

Joanna Penn and Orna Ross discuss Quit: The Power of Knowing When To Walk Away by Annie Duke and give examples of what they have quit around writing, book marketing, and more.

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Joanna Penn and Orna Ross

Joanna Penn writes nonfiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F.Penn. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker.

Orna Ross is a novelist, poet, and non-fiction author. She's also the founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, a professional speaker and creative coach.

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Show Notes

* Why we need to reframe quitting — and why it's so hard to do

* Getting over sunk cost fallacy

* Why Orna quit a whole series of non-fiction books

* Why I quit my Books and Travel Podcast

* Other things you might want to quit: social media platforms, blogging, an author name, a book series, writing a book that's taking forever, marketing a book that isn't selling, a business model, a day job, being a full-time author, a city or even a country

* How quitting makes room for you to create something new

You can find Orna Ross at www.OrnaRoss.com and listen to the Ask ALLi Podcast on your favorite podcast app.

This episode originally went out on the Ask ALLi Podcast, 2 Dec 2022. Shareable image generated by Joanna Penn on Midjourney.

Transcript of the discussion

Joanna Penn: Hello everyone, and welcome to the Alliance of Independent Auth...