Coaching practices for Why Do I Keep Quitting Jobs

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I either cling to something long after it’s clearly not working because quitting feels like giving up, or I bail the first day my motivation dips
• My whole job search is just refreshing job boards and firing off applications into the void, competing with hundreds of strangers for whatever happens to be posted
• Even after I move on to the next thing, half my head is still snagged on the last one I left half-finished
• I keep grinding on at something that stopped working a while ago because I’ve already put so much in that quitting feels like waste
• When I get yanked off something mid-thought I tell myself I’ll pick it right back up, but coming back I’m lost

Practices that may help

1. Pre-set your exit criteria
   Decide in advance what result would make you stop, continue, or scale up.
   Tiny Experiments: Testing Change Without Committing to It
2. Build and work a target list of roles and organisations
   Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
   Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
3. Manage attention residue at task transitions
   Create a deliberate "offboarding" step when switching tasks to reduce residual interference on the next task.
   Context Switching Cost: Why Task Switching Wrecks Focus
4. Frame major decisions as experiments rather than commitments
   An experiment has a built-in review point; a commitment resists revision even when the evidence against it accumulates.
   Goal-Free Living: When Process Beats Destination
5. Reach a clear stopping point before switching tasks
   Before switching to anything else, get to a natural completion point so the previous task has a cognitive bookmark.
   Attention Residue: Why Switching Tasks Costs More Than You Think
6. Exit obligations gracefully and early
   When you realize a commitment was a mistake, exit cleanly before deeper entrenchment — not later.
   Essentialism: The Art of Eliminating the Non-Essential
7. Stop at a strategic incomplete point
   End a work session mid-task -- not at a neat finish -- so the next session has a ready entry.
   The Zeigarnik Effect: Using Task Tension to Stay Motivated
8. Account for system delays when evaluating progress
   Delays between action and result are built into every system — premature abandonment is the most common failure.
   Systems Thinking for Personal Productivity
9. Frame the past self as a different person
   Deliberately separate "who you were" from "who you are choosing to be now."
   The Fresh Start Effect
10. Diagnose the real reward the habit is delivering
    Run experiments to discover what craving the habit actually satisfies — it is often not obvious.
    The Habit Loop, Made Practical

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