A Productive Conversation · 2026-08-19 · 46 min · 8,757 words

The Jolts That Make Us Quit — and the Ones Worth Ignoring (with Anthony Klotz)

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Quick one first. There's a word we lost somewhere between the factory and the laptop. My new book is called Productivess. And Mike Vardy.com slash productiveness is where you can get it. Okay.

In we go. Anthony, thank you so much for taking the time to join me to talk about your Upcoming book as we're recording this. Jolted. Why we quit.

When to stay and why it matters. Thanks for having a productive conversation with me today. Absolutely, Mike. Thanks for having me. So th right out of the gate, one of the things that that uh that I Noticed. uh as I was going through the book was this idea of what a jewel was, right? So

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