The examples in the article are really poor examples for a number of reasons. First of all, Jordan didn't "quit" to go play baseball. He had already won three

The examples in the article are really poor examples for a number of reasons. First of all, Jordan didn't "quit" to go play baseball. He had already won three championships and had already done pretty much anybody at that level could do. He wasn't "begging for a new direction" either. He always wanted to play baseball and wanted to fulfill a childhood dream is all. After doing so (no matter how bad he was) he went back to basketball and achieved even more when he came back. No exactly someone who quit and stayed away. If you actually read the Jordan Price article, it talks about the boss he had and the psychological abuse he was taking. Sure he was at his "dream job" but the jokes and insults from his negative boss drove him to quit. It wasn't really his choice to quit, it was more he was driven out by an his boss who was a douchebag. And the Ellen Poe situation? Quitting is completely different than being set up to fail. Again, using her as an example of "goal disengagement" completely misunderstands her whole situation. She was set up to fail, then driven into submission by the inmates who are running the asylum at Reddit. If you want to use a better example, try Robert Smith, the running back for the Vikings who abruptly quit after a career year in the NFL. He was about to get a huge contract extension, but he gave up the money so he could pursue a career in medicine. He also wanted to get out of the NFL without any lingering physical issues. He still appears on some NFL and college football shows, but for the most part lives a pretty private life post NFL career.