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What does it mean?
A cynical suggestion that impossibility justifies giving up entirely.
In plain terms
If everything is impossible, just quit.
What can you take from it?
Recognize when a goal is truly out of reach to save effort.

Where it applies

  • career decisions
  • setting boundaries
  • mental health

Putting it to work

  • quitting strategies
  • goal assessment
  • boundary setting

Questions to consider

  • When is it right to quit?
  • What makes something impossible?

Another view

It can encourage defeatism rather than strategic adaptation.

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