What if the fastest path to high performance is learning to quit sooner?

We challenge the “never quit” myth and replace it with a sharper rule: winners don’t quit the right things, but they quit the wrong things often and fast.  

Through a 24-hour race story, client case studies, and a simple question that filters good effort from wasted grind, we show how to align your time, energy, and identity so progress feels focused instead of frantic.  

We dig into the difference between productive discomfort and misaligned struggle, a distinction that shields you from burnout while accelerating results.  

You’ll hear how to choose your hard with intent, avoid the competence trap, and recognize sunk-cost thinking before it steals another month. Then we introduce the displacement principle, a practical way to make healthy habits stick by adding more of the right inputs first.  

Finally, we walk through a ruthless but freeing calendar audit. The goal is clarity: a schedule that tells the truth about your values and a week that compounds toward the person you want to become. High performance without burnout isn’t about adding more; it’s about putting the right things in first so the wrong things fall away.  

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Brought to you by Angela Shurina

Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant