How I Quit a Job After 1 Day (and Went Viral for The Last Thing I'd Ever Imagined)

'CBS Sunday Morning,' actually.

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I once quit a new job after a single day. For years afterward, I told nobody. 

Now, thanks to Inc.com and CBS Sunday Morning, millions of people know about it.

I've been nervous about this story. You know what I've learned? A lot of us have quit big things -- often in the face of all kinds of pressure to toe the line and do the expected thing. 

Sometimes, it's a mistake. Often, it's the start of something amazing.

And far more often, people stick around long after the "quit-by date" has passed.

Tell me about it

I'll summarize the details of my story below, but you can read more in the article I wrote about this last summer. Since I hit publish on that story, I've heard probably every other day from somebody looking for advice on quitting -- either via LinkedIn or …