Persist or Desist

How your brain decides when to throw in the towel

Are you the gal that faces Hopeless odds yet still holds out Hope? Or are you the dude that Folds like a lawn chair after the first setback? The right path, of course, is somewhere in between.

Having the judgment to know when enough is enough is typically garnered after years of painful lumps and bumps. Yet, some of us have a knack for knowing when the t…