The headlines in tomorrow's paper will no doubt be about the Ohio and Texas primaries. There will be celebrations of Hillary Clinton's win in Ohio. They will say that Texas is still too close to call. Yet below the fold will be the story of two men who decided that it was time to fold.
Mike Huckabee stepped away from the Republican campaign today. Huckabee's attempt to win the nomination has seemed at best to be a long shot. However, he persevered even when the pundits said he was finished. In fact, he even won primaries after he was supposely finished. He stuck it out until it was abundantly clear that he could not win. In doing so, he helped keep John McCain, the newly crowned Republican nominee for President, on the front pages and relevant.
Brett Favre also announced today that he was hanging up his spikes. Favre, the holder of nearly every major passing record, stepped away from the game yesterday. He stated that the issue was not his physical ability to compete, but rather his mental fatigue. He realized that the Green Bay Packers were not likely to win the Super Bowl and so it was time to quit.
So what do we learn from these two men?
First, if it's not possible to achieve your objective, it might be time to quit. Rather than wasting valuable resources and time on the impossible, move on to something else that you could thrive at.
Second, when you do call it quits, it does not hurt to do so gracefully. Both of these men demonstrated an amazing amount of tact in calling it quits. They refused to trash others; instead they focused on the positive experience that they had.
Two questions do remain however. Who does Chuck Norris endorse now? And who will be the recipient of the next Colbert bump?
Mike Huckabee stepped away from the Republican campaign today. Huckabee's attempt to win the nomination has seemed at best to be a long shot. However, he persevered even when the pundits said he was finished. In fact, he even won primaries after he was supposely finished. He stuck it out until it was abundantly clear that he could not win. In doing so, he helped keep John McCain, the newly crowned Republican nominee for President, on the front pages and relevant.
Brett Favre also announced today that he was hanging up his spikes. Favre, the holder of nearly every major passing record, stepped away from the game yesterday. He stated that the issue was not his physical ability to compete, but rather his mental fatigue. He realized that the Green Bay Packers were not likely to win the Super Bowl and so it was time to quit.
So what do we learn from these two men?
First, if it's not possible to achieve your objective, it might be time to quit. Rather than wasting valuable resources and time on the impossible, move on to something else that you could thrive at.
Second, when you do call it quits, it does not hurt to do so gracefully. Both of these men demonstrated an amazing amount of tact in calling it quits. They refused to trash others; instead they focused on the positive experience that they had.
Two questions do remain however. Who does Chuck Norris endorse now? And who will be the recipient of the next Colbert bump?
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