How many times do you keep trying before you give up? Are you a quitter?

Question

I'm talking about, in ANY situation when you're not successful.

I'm usually persistent & don't give up. Even if it's something as small as getting a knot out of a kid's shoe laces. I may quit temporarily & take a break, but after a while, I go back to trying again.

Answer 1

My career of choice requires me to constantly try in spite of any rejection I experience. It makes me very strong.

There are other avenues of my life where I am not so strong and will give up/in very easily.  

Answer 2

well it depends on how much I really care about it...like right now I'm struggling with infertility but I haven't given up...

but when something starts to take over my life that is usually a sign that it's probably time to stop.

Answer 3

Those who do not try, can not fail.

Think about it, it's not being lazy or anything like that.

It's redefining "to try".  "To try" means to do something with an expected result. And if you do not get that result, you've "failed".  But if you don't "try" and instead "do" and accept what ever comes you have not "failed".  It doesn't mean you do something once and stop.  If you never failed in the first place, it doesn't matter how many times you "try".

Answer 4

First let us  assume the statement 'If you don't succeed at first try, try again' to be true. Then:

Assuming 'try' is equal to 1, and 'try again' is a repetition of 'try' thus

'try again'='try'=1 plus our initial failure gives another singular attempt, gives

initial+try+try again

=1+1+1

=3

So you should try 3 times

This was a joke, I don't think you can put an exact number on anything, what is important is how much it meant to you. If you spend your life trying to, let's say 'Get a shoe knot untied' for a good example, then at the end of your life will you look back and say "I really wish I had done something in life besides untying a shoelace knot" then perhaps you tried too many times, but if you can say "Well at least I got that knot untied" then you can be happy with what you have accomplished.

If this helps; in my experience we tend to regret the opportunities we missed more than the ones we took, even if we took the wrong one.

Answer 5

I gave up on a relationship after he crossed a sacred boundary and violated me. but i did not give up on the truth. not all men force their opinions in the same way.

Answer 6

8-I have been looking for proof that the melody to Amazing Grace has African origins for twenty years and made no progress. Does that qualify?