Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction: Call Me a Quitter (but Not Too Loudly, Please) 1
6. Section 1: How Does Quitting Manifest?
7. 1. Personal Endings: “I Can’t Quit You” 17
8. 2. Ending Work: “Take This Job and Shove It” 40
9. 3. Quitting Conflicts and Contests: “Say ‘Uncle’ ” 57
10. 4. A Taxonomy of Quitting: Describing and Naming 72
11. Section 2: What Is It to Quit?
12. 5. The Psychology of Quitting: Calculating the Incalculable 85
13. 6. The Role of Free Will: Coerced Quits Aren’t Quite Quits 106
14. 7. Quasi-Quitting: Must We Give Up Completely? 126
15. 8. Defining Quitting: Assembling the Puzzle Pieces 148
16. Section 3: Practical Guidance
17. 9. Quality Quitting: Cultivating Character 163
18. 10. The Trifecta of Quitting: Why, What, and When? 183
19. 11. How to Quit: Virtuosity and Virtue 200
20. Conclusion: A Few Last Words Before I Quit 216
21. Epilogue 231
22. Notes 233
23. Index 269
24. About the Author 275