https://trotzendorff.de/psychology/when-failure-gets-a-standing-ovation-and-why-knowing-when-to-quit-might-save-you/ Running over sticks and stones Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:00:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://trotzendorff.de/psychology/when-failure-gets-a-standing-ovation-and-why-knowing-when-to-quit-might-save-you/#comment-96457 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:10:47 +0000 https://trotzendorff.de/?p=53772#comment-96457 For eight years, I fought and hoped that self-employment would eventually feel like the dream it started out as. In the end, returning to permanent employment was not a failure, but a liberation. Today, I know how good it feels to no longer have to carry everything on my own and to have stability again. The decision to let go was not only the right one, but the best one I ever made.

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