# Cutting a loss cannot be left to in-the-moment judgment.

MIND · https://karlaurel.io/tips/the-exit-cannot-be-a-judgment-call

Faced with a certain loss, people reliably gamble to avoid it. That is a stable
shape in how humans weigh outcomes, not a personal weakness you can resolve by
deciding to be more disciplined.

So the exit has to be mechanical, and it has to sit outside discretionary
override. A stop you can talk yourself out of is not a stop.