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The Short Cut: How Flexible Goal Setting Outperforms Grit

The Short Cut: How Flexible Goal Setting Outperforms Grit

Clark, Courtney

Paperback

Self-Help

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 1640957227
ISBN13: 9781640957220
Publisher: Sound Wisdom
Published: Apr 7 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.54
Height: 2.14 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.51
Language: English

Stop pushing harder. Start choosing smarter.

When slow and steady no longer wins the race, what do you do next?

Grit is celebrated as the gold standard of success -- but in a world that changes faster than our plans, pushing harder can quietly work against us. The Short Cut challenges the myth that perseverance is always the answer and introduces a smarter, science-backed alternative: flexible goal setting.

Instead of never giving up, Courtney Clark offers a bold reframe. Drawing on rigorous studies and hard-won personal experience, she presents quitting as a strategic choice that preserves resources, reduces burnout, and leads to better outcomes.

The book opens with a modern reimagining of The Tortoise and the Hare, asking a timely question for today's fast-changing world: what happens when staying the course is no longer the winning strategy? From there, readers are guided through a practical framework for stopping with intention: why stubborn persistence can backfire, when it's time to stop forcing progress, and how to pivot without giving up on what truly matters.

In The Short Cut, you'll learn how to:

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