Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline (Live a Disciplined Life Book 2)

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Before completely giving up, think carefully about whether it is fear or laziness that is holding you back from taking actions. These tactics, which include (1) setting bad goals, (2) procrastination, (3) indulging in temptations and distractions, and (4) poor time management, inhibit us from maximizing the time and energy we have toward productive ends.

They are a combination of traits that enable you to create the life you want – without having to compromise or wait. Giving ourselves, a well deserved break by indulging in activities, we find enjoyable would help recharge us. On the other hand, if you're a pro level organiser, but have lost your momentum and looking for something very light, sort of like a pep talk, without the need to go through more technical oriented books, to get back on track, then this book is for you as well. Sometimes I find what motivates me about a strategy is different from what the author says the motivation behind a strategy should be. Following through is about having enough heart to keep pushing even in the face of obstacles, distractions, and setbacks.

External motivators drive you forward out of fear of something unpleasant, while internal motivators make you feel that reaching your goal is going to give you a big reward and lots of pleasant benefits. Practical tactics to grow your willpower, stop procrastination, focus like a laser, and achieve whatever you set your mind to. Temptation bundling is an excellent and efficient way to kill procrastination and increase productivity by combining present and future selves and their conflicting needs. Think of all the projects that fall in this timeline; During Week 1, you’re inspired and you make progress. This deliberate approach allows us to minimize the impact of temptations and distractions on our productivity.

Willpower and self-discipline, on the other hand, only offer you strength to force yourself to do things; they do not give you a set way of doing things or a streamlined list of actions to complete. The next time you feel that you’re about to give in to an urge or temptation, stop and ask yourself how you will feel 10 minutes, 10 hours, and 10 days from now. Rather than solely planning or contemplating, it is essential to actively engage in the necessary steps, emphasizing the importance of initiating movement and progress. If the opportunity cost is too expensive for you to want to pay it, then you will not follow through.It takes a thorough look why we are sometimes stuck, and gives detailed, step by step solutions you can start using today. During the beginning of a project, you have a surge of inspiration that allows you to focus, take action, resist distraction, and persist. It requires a set of qualities that empower you to create the life you desire, free from compromising, procrastination, or any sort of unnecessary delays.

And much like how each smaller robot forms a different body part in the big robot, so too does each of these four elements—focus, self-discipline, action, and persistence—correspond to a body part that, when pieced with the others, forms the whole of following through. I won't ding it too many points for them, but they do impact how I feel about this book so I'm bringing them up here. Following through is a skill that allows you to create the life you truly desire rather than settling for the one you now have.For such a short book it is jam packed with good actionable suggestions to help with follow through. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.