She lays out example after example showing that leaving the option of quitting on the table means you've given yourself more choices. Of course, that means you have to be open to the fact that you will never know what might have been. Being open to change, even when your are happy, might make your life even better.
I really liked the last chapter and talking about setting goals. So many books talk about goal setting as a panacea but they don't talk about the drawbacks. One instance of a downside would be trying to meet your goals to the exclusion of all else. The suggestion of not making goals pass/fail and allowing for outs in certain situations seems much more reasonable and, frankly, less depressing.
This book is incredibly readable and the author even inserts some of her own stories into the book. I wish there had been more scientific data to support her hypothesis but there are a lot of engaging stories to prove her point.
Four stars
This book comes out October 4, 2022
ARC kindly provided by Penguin Group Portfolio and NetGalley
Opinions are my own
