the finish line doesn't care how many miles you had to run
or how fast you have gone.
It just cares that you arrive.
That you finish what you started."
- Fellou Flowers
Have you ever been to someone's' house to find that they are buried in unfinished projects?
They are building a few new cabinets in the kitchen.
They are adding a new shower in the bathroom.
The floor in the living room is being replaced.
The pluming is under construction in the laundry room.
The whole upstairs walls are being painted.
This sounds exhausting but it actually happens. People take on way too many projects at the same time and they don't finish either one. This will eventually cause a lot of stress to the people living in this house and it will cause a lot of stress in general. Knowing that you have all these unfished project and not having the energy to finish either one.
If you come back to the house six months later.....same thing. No progress to talk about and they might have added another project.
I think we can all agree that we don't want to live in that house. At least I know I don't.
But we don't recognize that a lot of us will actually do the same thing in our lives.
The above example is so easy to recognize. But a lot of times we can't see or we don't want to face it and admit what we are doing in our own lives (or don't do).
People love to start new projects or maybe even a new business. And sometimes people will even do this when it comes to relationships. A new relationship is always fun in the beginning and it makes you feel wonderful just like a new business or project will.
Yes.....everything is fun in the beginning. All your friends and your family are onboard and they are cheering you on. It is something new and often very exciting.
But what happens a couple of months into the project when you are running out of energy, your friends are busy with their own lives and they don't care so much anymore, and no one is there to cheer you on..... but you?
What happens when it's not fun anymore? What happens when you get frustrated and easily distracted? What happens when the self-discipline is fading?
Now you quit or you jump into something new that will give you a new inspiration and a burst of energy.
You are now excited again.....at least for a while until this new thing becomes boring or you see no results.
Can you see the pattern here?
A lot of people will start new things. It doesn't matter if it is a new business, new health-plan or a financial plan. It is fun to start, but very few people will finish what they actually started.
A lot of people are actually living in the house in the example above. They have started way too many projects and finished none.
Time to change this!
Make commitment to yourself that this time you will finish what you started. No matter what. It doesn't matter if no one is there to cheer you on or you haven't seen any results for a while.
Be committed.
Finish one thing at a time.
Don't start anything new until you have finished the previous project.
It is a known fact that it is very difficult to finish the last 5-10% of almost any project.
I remember last year when I was writing my first book....Bounce Don't Break, how excited I was in the beginning. But as time went by I got more and more tired and also frustrated. It took a lot longer than I had expected. I ran into roadblock that I had not thought about before I started, because I had never written and published a book before. I had to wait on other people to get things done. There were plenty of things that I could not control. It would have been very easy to put the project aside for a while. But I didn't want to do that because I know that often when you put something aside for a month or so..... it might be a year before you get back to it. Or maybe you won't finish it at all. And I didn't want that to happen. So I pushed through and I am so glad I did.
It will become very stressful to live with a lot of unfinished project around you and it won't boost your self-esteem or you confidence.
This is stress that you don't need in your life. It's stress that is under your control and that can be avoided.
When you start something and you finish it..... it will be the greatest feeling and you must celebrate!!!
It's great to start.....but you must also finish.
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