Good morning from New York City. Before I get into what I want to talk about today, I’d like to say thank you to those of you who have sent messages, shared Dear Constance, commented on social media, invited me to a beautiful meal. The feedback and support are truly heartwarming, and we have hit over 10,000 downloads. While I’m not really sure how important that metric is, it does tell me that I have a solid listener base, and it’s rewarding and meaningful to me. So, thank you.

Interestingly, that is a perfect segue into what I want to talk about today which is quitting or giving up. I find it interesting that in our culture we are hardwired to never give up. We say don’t be a quitter and that kind of language. I know speaking for myself, my father used to say when I called from Europe – they were living in Montana for many years there was an eight-hour time difference, so I would call them at the end of my workday – Connie, don’t give up. Show ’em you can outwork the best of them. I deeply internalized the importance of hard work and powering through and unlearning that or reframing that for myself was a big challenge and a hard lesson to learn.

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