文章出处：Design principle: Know when to quit—Sometimes giving up is the best option

词语

• tremendous
• The Sunk Costs Fallacy
• approximately
• rational
• making them pixel perfect
• agile methodologies
• Sum up

句型

• What should I do? It will come in a bit, I will wait a few more minutes.
• People fear failure more than they desire success.
• Idioms like “Never give up”, “Quitter never win” contribute additionally to our vulnerability to the sunk cost effect.
• If you notice these types of thoughts in your head or your colleagues are saying them,** ring the alarm. **

段落

• Humans are not that rational. This leads to letting past investments influence future ones all the time. This unfortunately applies to every field of our life including design.
• Be aware of phrases like “We can’t quit now after all the effort and money we’ve put into this.” or “I’ve invested so much already” and similar phrases.