Two snippets that are worth dwelling on and thinking more about outside-the-box:

Quitting gets a bad rap in life, as it’s associated with pessimism, laziness, and lack of confidence. In labor economics, however, quits signify the opposite: an optimism among workers about the future; an eagerness to do something new; and a confidence that if they jump ship, they won’t drown but rather just land on a better, richer boat.

Making predictions is hard, not only because the future is hard to see, but also because the present is hard to grasp.