>I don't feel like leveraging grit works in all situations, though? Do others feel differently?
Grit and the Sunk cost fallacy are often at odds with each other.
Grit is useful when picking up a skill (programming) and sticking with it. But within that skill, you might not want to stick to something specific for too long if it's not working out, otherwise you deprive yourself of other learning opportunities.
It also depends on what kind of success you want out of it. If you want to master a skill, no-matter-what, regardless of what kinds of jobs it has, then go for grit 100% to keep you working on it.
If you want to try something new because you're seeking a deep passion, sticking with grit 100% will have an opportunity cost of not trying something else.
Also a lot of this comes down to how hard you want to be on yourself. You can have strict goals of progress where just showing up yields no progress, so you might consider it a failure because there was no meaningful progress.
Grit and the Sunk cost fallacy are often at odds with each other.
Grit is useful when picking up a skill (programming) and sticking with it. But within that skill, you might not want to stick to something specific for too long if it's not working out, otherwise you deprive yourself of other learning opportunities.
It also depends on what kind of success you want out of it. If you want to master a skill, no-matter-what, regardless of what kinds of jobs it has, then go for grit 100% to keep you working on it.
If you want to try something new because you're seeking a deep passion, sticking with grit 100% will have an opportunity cost of not trying something else.
Also a lot of this comes down to how hard you want to be on yourself. You can have strict goals of progress where just showing up yields no progress, so you might consider it a failure because there was no meaningful progress.