How long should one try...till he quits?

Question

I believe that we can achieve anything we decide. I hate quitting.
But sometimes that belief can get me attached to a goal or a purpose that may not be worth the effort.
So is it better to quit sometimes or the whole “It’s not worth it” story is just another excuse?

Answer 1

When you study computer management and database management, one of the important things you learn early is to determine the value of information. What is the value of trying again? What is the cost? What is different about your next effort in order that you get different results? What is different about your next effort that will give you BETTER results?

In the movies, there are often key action scenes that add phenomenal value--but sometimes at phenomenal cost. In the first Mission Impossible film, there was an explosion in a restaurant where Tom Cruise' character makes his escape in the outrushing water and flopping fish. They had several cameras at different places all rolling because the cost of doing it again was so much higher than adding another camera and crew. Rebuilding the restaurant and its enormous aquarium, restocking it, then blowing it up again was not something easy.

In that old black and white film, Its a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart was at a bar and praying for guidance because the great aspersion that this honest man now is responsible for a great business loss and it makes him look like a crook, they were even waiting to arrest him at his home. Caught serendipitously in the moment, as Stewart's character is pouring out a heartfelt prayer, the actor started crying. The director wasn't ready for that and didn't have his cameras on the right focus. But seeing the potential impact, he asked Stewart to do it again. He did go through the motions, but the emotions weren't the same. They tried and tried and tried. Finally, everyone exhausted and the crew on the verge of mutiny, Capra called it a day--but spent the entire night blowing up, enlarging, the face shots to try to magnify Stewart's tears. The scene is powerful, the picture is poor, but the effect was important. Sometimes you can try all you can try but then have to do something different or settle with what you've got.

There was a salesman, Clement Stone, that had a saying (one of many, he was fond of them), "If you have much to gain and little to lose, try." I know Yoda was say, "There is no try, do," but Yoda is a fictional character and Stone was a self-made multimillionaire in real life. I buy lottery tickets, even though I know the odds are horribly against me, but I only buy one, only because I know that I couldn't significantly affect the odds if I spent every dollar I ever earned to buy lottery tickets. At one ticket, I have much to gain and little to lose. If I bought a hundred, I haven't gained any more, even if I won, but I would risk losing much more than if I bought only one. Like I told one store clerk, it isn't but by the grace of God that I would win with odds this horrible, and God's not going to be impressed by my buying a bucket full.

Figure your cost. Figure your benefit. Figure your potential to succeed. Go for it if it then looks good.

Answer 2

I wish I knew the answer. I have been trying to achieve something for 8 years without any success. If I give up, it's like the last 8 years have been for nothing. If I don't give up, there's a good chance I will try my entire life and never succeed. This is one of the reasons life sucks! It's a blessing to not have any dreams, goals, hopes or desires. For most of humanity, these things are curses. Sometimes I honestly think the universe is simply a machine whose only purpose is to crush people's dreams. Oh, and to produce t-shirts.
Have a nice day!

Answer 3

Edison did over 7,000 experiments before he came up with the electric light bulb. Einstien worked on his theory of relativity for 8 years solidly before he perfected his theory. Persistence succeeds when nothing else can.

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
- Calvin Coolidge

Answer 4

i don't think quitting is an option in life...it doesn't matter what life throws at you..... you won't encounter a mountain you can't climb..perhaps it is best that maybe you quit for a little while then pick back up later but never give up totally..if something is meant to be then it will be even if it seems like it takes an eternity...the best things in life are worth the wait..and the hard work...a lazy man never accomplishes his dreams...for he lacketh the motivation and the determination......don't quit!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Sometimes, if we are diligent, trying can take us places we would have never been. what if ole Alex.. gave up on the light bulb...or the Write bros... gave up on the airplane.....We can easily be discouraged by thoughts of missing out on something else, but what if what we go after something worthwhile...like president, or governor....whether we make it there or not does not have comparison to the experiences along the way.

Answer 6

There is an old saying 'if at first you don't succeed, give up.'
But seriously I too am a very stubborn person and I don't let go easily. But even I realise that I can be pig-headed.

Answer 7

i dont like to give up ..but when i see that i am not able to comfortably do this i will complete to the best of my ability...and not undertake that task again or change my goal ....after all it is me that sets my goal...and toset them beyond my own capacity would be foolish...

Answer 8

100 times because you never know but if you cant do it after 100 theres a good chance u cant

Answer 9

W. C. Fields once said,"If at first you don't succeed, give up. No sence making a fool of yourself."

Answer 10

...good Q, i would say, it depends on the individual and what the task is

... i myself, i try once, and once i give up i never go back,...my first and initially trial would range from 1hr to a max of 1 yr (depending on what it it)