BillK comments on The Importance of Saying "Oops" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: BillK 05 August 2007 10:00:08AM 17 points [-]

It really is the hardest thing in life for people to decide when to cut their losses.

When you have time and effort invested, it is *so* difficult to finally decide that 'enough is enough' and stop following that path.

Take simple queing at the bank or checkout or waiting for a bus. After you know you should quit, you feel that joining a new queue means 'losing' all the time already invested in the slower queue.

From financial investments to marriage it is all the same problem. Do I carry on or write it off and try something else? It is easy to say, but really, really difficult to do.