{"id":11161,"date":"2025-07-15T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/sunk-costs-and-the-framework-for-forward-motion\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T21:21:00","slug":"sunk-costs-and-the-framework-for-forward-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/sunk-costs-and-the-framework-for-forward-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunk costs and the framework for forward motion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Everything that happened yesterday, and the yesterdays before that, is real. It happened.<\/p>\n

Perhaps it\u2019s the hard work you did to earn a degree, or a significant error that cost you and others a great deal. Maybe it\u2019s a community you chose to join, or one that you failed to embrace.<\/p>\n

All of these costs are sunk. We can\u2019t undo them. They\u2019re a gift from our former selves.<\/p>\n

But like all gifts, we don\u2019t have to accept them.<\/p>\n

We can say to that former self, \u201cno thank you.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI know how hard you worked to get that law degree, but I don\u2019t have room for it on the shelf.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know you paid a price for that transgression, but that price is paid and I have work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

No thank you.<\/p>\n

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Shanka Senghor<\/a> has written a poignant new book that puts a face on real costs, costs that live in the past but threaten to overwhelm us each day. On July 25, I\u2019ll be doing a live interview with him and anyone who pre-orders a copy of the book at that link is invited to attend.<\/p>\n

His book is a raw memoir, but also a useful framework, a practical way to think about the new decisions we get to make each day. We have generous work to do, and if our story gets in the way of that work, it pays to find a way to rewrite it.<\/p>\n

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