Aprende a terminar las cosas: La estrategia de la salida

KNOW HOW TO END THINGS
THE EXIT STRATEGY

You are judged in this world by how well you bring
things to an end. A messy or incomplete conclusion
can reverberate for years to come, ruining your
reputation in the process. The art of ending things
well is knowing when to stop, never going so far that
you exhaust yourself or create bitter enemies that
embroil you in conflict in the future. It also entails
ending on the right note, with energy and flair. It is
not a question of simply winning the war but the way
you win it, the way your victory sets you up for the
next round. The height of strategic wisdom is to
avoid all conflicts and entanglements from which
there are no realistic exits.
Robert Greene

If one overshoots the goal, one cannot hit it. If a
bird will not come to its nest but flies higher and
higher, it eventually falls into the hunter's net.
He who in times of extraordinary salience of
small things does not know how to call a halt,
but restlessly seeks to press on and on, draws
upon himself misfortune at the hands of gods
and men, because he deviates from the order of
nature.
THE I CHING, CHINA, CIRCA EIGHTH
CENTURY B.C.