Know when it's time to quit, and when to accept failure. Putting hours, effort, and emotion into a person/project won't save it from inevitable collapse if tha

Know when it's time to quit, and when to accept failure. Putting hours, effort, and emotion into a person/project won't save it from inevitable collapse if that's the direction it's headed in. Set a timeline, create metrics, and if you aren't on a positive trending track, quit, otherwise you'll just keep chasing something that will lead at best to mediocrity.