Founder Stories
What I Learned From My Chinese Immigrant Parents About Hard Work
Feeling bored at work? Quit. Uncomfortable with confrontation? Ghost. Relationship losing its spark? Start swiping.
Western culture promotes a “quit first, find a better alternative later” approach. Our digital world trains us to seek instant gratification; our thirst for constant validation has made us addicted to likes. We see the highlight reels of people’s seemingly overnight success, and it drives our own unrealistic expectations to get what we want ASAP. Why stick with something that’s not bringing instant pleasure when we have infinite options of how to spend our time, money, and energy?
The easy solution is to abort and find another option. We do this because we can. But does that mean we should?
Quit or grit?
By no means am I advocating people stick to dead-end jobs, or get blinded by sunk cost fallacy. But there’s a middle ground between giving up immediately and stagnating indefinitely, where we can nurture commitment and give something a chance to grow — whether that is a job, a company, or a relationship. People who take the easy route and quit early…
