The Science of Knowing When to Walk Away

Every entrepreneur has been told to push through, stay the course, and that grit is everything. But advice like that leaves out that some of the smartest, most successful people in business got there by quitting at exactly the right moment. So how do you know when that moment is? Dr. Anthony Klotz, organizational psychologist and author of Jolted, has spent years studying exactly this question. He joins the show to share his framework for figuring out whether you should stay and fight harder, or finally walk away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Science of Knowing When to Walk Away is an episode from Problem Solvers by Entrepreneur Media.

This episode is 25:07 long.

This episode was published on Mar 2, 2026.

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