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Why you should quit and not look back: ‘Saying yes to everything is saying no to what matters’

The Guardian UK Tuesday 22 September 2026, 16:00 UTC By Elle Hunt 1 min read
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In her new book, The Case For Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out, Lindsay Crouse discusses the costs and traps of never giving up – and how she set herself freeLindsay Crouse used to define herself as not a quitter. She went to Harvard University, where she learned to become even more high-achieving and ambitious, then landed an assistant job at the New York Times and worked her way up to become an opinion writer and producer.

In her new book, The Case For Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out, Lindsay Crouse discusses the costs and traps of never giving up – and how she set herself free

Lindsay Crouse used to define herself as not a quitter.

She went to Harvard University, where she learned to become even more high-achieving and ambitious, then landed an assistant job at the New York Times and worked her way up to become an opinion writer and producer. On the weekends, Crouse ran marathons and did endurance sports, clocking new personal bests throughout her thirties.

The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out by Lindsay Crouse is out now

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