Walking Away

How To Know When It’s Time To Quit

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Success, Work Life Balance, Career, Well-Being, Failure, Quitting, Motivation, Goals, Self-Help, Walking Away, Happiness, I Quit, Quit a Job, How to Quit, Quit Your Job, Quit Job, Quit My Job, Success and Motivation, Healthy Living News
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

As a psychologist who studies motivation, I spend a lot of time trying to figure out why people give up too soon when trying to reach a goal. But the truth is, a lot of us suffer from the opposite problem: not knowing when, or how, to quit.

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How to Walk Away

Ryan J. Downey | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgages, Housing Bust, Walking Away From Mortgage, Housing Bubble, Walking Away, Underwater Mortgages, Business News
Ryan J. Downey

What happens when you walk away from an underwater mortgage? Are you arrested? Are you shunned? Do your kids decide they hate you?

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Arthur Delaney

Strategic Defaulter Walks Back To His Mortgage

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Mortgages, Repo, Strategic Default, Mortgage, Unemployment, Housing, Underwater Homeowners, Housing Crisis, Walking Away, Business News

Ernie Soto and his wife are moving back into their house in Alamogordo, N.M., the same house they abandoned at the beginning of 2010 after Soto lost f...

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How To Walk Away When It's Not Working

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Moving On, Sunk Costs, How to Walk Away, Self Help, Sunk Costs Fallacy, Loss Aversion, Sunk Cost Fallacy, Walking Away, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

The costs to the person who can't see reason, in terms of time, effort and lost opportunities for happiness, can be enormous. We recognize this kind of foolishness immediately in others, but that doesn't stop us from making the same mistake ourselves. Why?

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Shahien Nasiripour

Top Senate Democrat Questions Obama Foreclosure Program's Effectiveness

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Loan Modification, Mortgage Modification, Making Home Affordable, Mha, Walking Away, Hamp, Home Affordable Modification Program, Richard Neiman, Underwater, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Congressional Oversight Panel, Sigtarp, Business News

The second-ranking Democrat in the Senate expressed concern Thursday over the ultimate effectiveness of the Obama administration's signature foreclosu...

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