I listened to some workers struggle with an installation. A half-hour job had become a two-hour job and counting.

Lots of drilling, lots of banging, lots of audible exertion.

The longer they worked, the more I thought, “I need to look really carefully at the completed job.”

Because sometimes we struggle until we get things just right.

And other times, we struggle until we give up, we cut our losses, and we try to disappear without anyone paying too much attention.

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Quitting or persisting — whatever’s decided, it makes a difference which side of it you’re on. Good to exercise caution if you’re on the receiving end.