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Before you abandon a project, write down what it taught you about your market. If you can name three durable lessons, you are pivoting; if you can name none, you may just be tired and need rest, not a graveyard.
Quitting and pivoting feel identical in the dark; the difference is whether you carry the lesson out with you.
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