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Never Give Up Might Be Bad Advice | Courtney Clark on Resilience
What if the advice we’ve heard all our lives — “never give up” — is actually the thing keeping us stuck?
In this episode of The Thought Atlas Podcast, I sit down with Courtney Clark, resilience expert and author of The Shortcut, to unpack why adaptability, flexibility, and smarter pivoting may matter more than raw persistence.
We talk about:
Why resilience is not just “power through”
How life changes can force a better direction
The idea of a supersized goal
Why backup plans are not the same as parallel plans
Knowing when to keep going and when to adjust
This conversation is for anyone trying…
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