They laughed. Give it a year and they won’t remember the joke, but you’ll remember you didn’t quit.

Public embarrassment feels permanent and almost never is, at least not for the people who witnessed it. They have their own week to think about, and the moment burned into you is gone from them within days. What does stay is your own record of what you did next. That gap is worth knowing about while it is still stinging.

Give it a week before deciding to stop whatever you were doing. Most of the urge to quit is embarrassment talking, and it fades faster than you expect. Go back to the same room and do the same thing.