How to Finish Everything You Start: Understanding the Causes of the Unfinished Epidemic, Its Cures, and When Choosing Not to Finish Is Okay

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Part 2, "Cures," probes such remedies as "Using F-I-N-I-S-H", "To-Do Lists That Work", "Learning to Say No", and more. You see, perfectionists often tell themselves that it’s not the right time because there is always room for improvement. Good planning of resources helps you plan out your energy and expectations. You know you have to put in X hours and X work to get the final output, so you’ll manage yourself appropriately to achieve your desired outcome. This lead to a higher project success rate. 4. Quit Being a Perfectionist How to Finish Everything You Start is based on Dr. Yager's 3+ decades of research on time management plus new interviews and surveys focusing on finishing with more than 242 men and women from throughout the United States and internationally.

A big reason for a loss of enthusiasm is when people underestimate the amount of work needed to bring a goal to life. Last year, I started on a book project that never saw the light of the day. I dove straight in without any plan, thinking that if I kept writing for one to two weeks, I would eventually finish it. Well I was wrong. I spent countless days and nights writing, but the book remained in development hell even after months. In the end, I kept getting new ideas for new projects to work on, and it was time to move on. If you have been taking action and working on your goals, that’s a big achievement and you should be proud of yourself! Taking action is your first step to realize your goals. When you make a goal, it’s not just a goal—it’s a promise to yourself. When you break that promise, you start doubting yourself. One of the worst things a leader can do is set goals that can’t be hit because it creates this culture of doubt and mistrust. The next time the leader sets a goal, everybody secretly goes, “Oh yeah, sure. We’re totally going to do that. You mean like last time when we missed it by a thousand million percent? Sure, I bet we’ll do that.” I was leading a number of projects at work and had to be really on it, plus the evening course required me to start developing a big project to present to the class. It got all too much and I felt like I wasn’t able to do my work properly or actually engage with the course. Both required so much time and energy from me.A selected bibliography with a list of cited works, resources section, and appendix of useful supporting materials complete this time-saving book that will help you to get more done. Once you start, commit to it. Whatever you have planned, do it. Give yourself the option to exit a project if it’s not in line with your vision (see #9), but otherwise hold yourself to your word.

However, if you have a habit of starting many new things but not finishing them, that’s something to look into. Here are my 10 best tips to finish what you start: 1. Be selective of what you embark on Personally, I embark on many projects in the course of running my business and pursuing my personal goals, and I have a good body of experience on how to successfully take projects from start to finish. How to Finish What You Started Jon: Four years ago, I wrote this book called Start, and over the years people would come up to me and say, “I like your book, [but] I’ve never had a problem starting. Starting is the easiest thing in the world. I never actually finish though. How do I finish?” That was a great question, and I kept realizing in my own life that finishing is the hardest part. The second tip is to give yourself permission to do a draft version. Meaning there’s no need to get it right the first time. Creating a draft, even if it’s not the best one, is better than if you didn’t do anything at all. Get started, and things will roll on from there. 5. Commit to It You see, I wasn’t clear about what I needed to do. I just had abstract thoughts and felt stressed at the prospect of loads to do. Then came feeling like a failure because I wasn’t seeing things through.The book is divided into three parts. Part 1, "Causes", begins with a provocative chapter entitled "The Epidemic of Unfinished Everything and Its Consequences." Chapter 2 explores 21 behaviors, beliefs, and bad habits that might be at the root of not finishing. The remaining chapters in this part explore specific causes of unfinished tasks including "Having Too Much to Do at Once", "Dealing with Procrastination", and "Having an Unrealistic or No Deadline". If you have found this guide helpful, do share it with others on social media. Let’s share this with those who can benefit from it. :) You’ll need to weigh up how you were intending to spend your time and to think about what’s important to you.