Comments on: When to Quit Continued http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2006/10/21/when-to-quit-continued/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scott Young http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2006/10/21/when-to-quit-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 Scott Young Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:00:58 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2006/10/21/when-to-quit-continued/#comment-1721 Thanks Harvey, Must have missed that one. Daniel: Should have used division. Sorry about that, hopefully the metaphor still was useful. Thanks Harvey, Must have missed that one.

Daniel:

Should have used division. Sorry about that, hopefully the metaphor still was useful.

]]> By: Daniel Lucraft http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2006/10/21/when-to-quit-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 Daniel Lucraft Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:21:05 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2006/10/21/when-to-quit-continued/#comment-1720 I can't help but feel the decision equation should be: chance_of_success*satisfaction > investment_cost After all, the less the chance_of_success is, the less you should want to take something on. Put it into money to make it easier to think about. Otherwise, interesting stuff. I can’t help but feel the decision equation should be:

chance_of_success*satisfaction > investment_cost

After all, the less the chance_of_success is, the less you should want to take something on. Put it into money to make it easier to think about.

Otherwise, interesting stuff.

]]> By: Harvey http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2006/10/21/when-to-quit-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-1718 Harvey Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:24:58 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2006/10/21/when-to-quit-continued/#comment-1718 In the second paragraph of the section "Don't Predict Difficulty" shouldn't the last sentence be "I do believe this was a sneaky move, but it is still better **than** basing decisions on your perceived chances of success." ? In the second paragraph of the section “Don’t Predict Difficulty” shouldn’t the last sentence be “I do believe this was a sneaky move, but it is still better **than** basing decisions on your perceived chances of success.” ?

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