The Art of Following Through, Taking Action,Executing, & Self-Discipline
INTRODUCTION
What exactly is finishing what you start and following through? You have may heard these phrases before, but what do they mean?To me, they mean making your intentions reality. Too often, we’ll say we’lldo something, and we might even start it one lucky weekend. But at the first sign of hardship, fatigue, boredom, or busyness, we abandon it all too easily and it sits in our garage (mental, figurative, or literal) for the rest of eternity.
Finishing what you start and following through is breaking through the common loop and taking hold of your life.My personal experience with finishing what I start has been checkered. One summer, I promised myself that I would carve a wooden canoe, about 12 inches long and 3 inches wide. Not too big, but a sufficient challenge for someone with no woodworking experience. The first week, I made a considerable dent in my wood block.
The second week, my hands were sore and the new Star Wars movie was out. The third week, I was too busy seeing Star Wars again and procrastinating. My wooden canoe wasn’tmeant to be.I’d like to think I’ve come up with great systems for myself that can be widely applied for just about any context. There are many tactics in this book—I don’t use all of them all of the time, but most of them will work foremost people.
As usual, I wrote this book for myself and am glad and proud to be able to share my findings. I hope they are helpful and help you accomplish exactly what you want. At least, I hope they force you to listen to your favorite albums from time to time—a win in itself!