How many times have you started something and actually you did not
finish it?
There is one trait or
character that will actually make you very successful and even make you achieve
more than what you actually initially imagined or anticipated and this is the
habit of finishing things which can be called tenacity or grit.
If you learn
how to finish what you start, you will most likely achieve more in your life
than you ever anticipated.
If we dig deep into the lives of very many people
around the world especially the average people and some youths, they did not
finish certain things and sad to say some have never actually finished
anything.
If you have not yet adopted the skill of finishing what you start,
you can actually learn this valuable skill to help make your life better. Today
I would like to give some tips that will help you in finishing the tasks that
you actually start.
If you did
not learn this skill as a child, you should not worry
If you lived your childhood life by abandoning very many skills as a
child then you should not worry much simply because you can actually learn this
skill and become better at it.
It is
during your young adulthood that the skill of learning to finish what you
actually start becomes very valuable and important.
In your young adulthood
when you begin getting an idea of what you actually value then this is the time
when you begin focusing more and start making some great progress in your life.
So you should not worry if you abandoned several projects as a child up to
date. You can still learn to finish projects if you start today.
Learn the
ability to build things
You should start learning to build things if you are going to be
successful this is simply because every time to carry out a task up to its end,
your ability to build things improves and becomes better.
You can start
building this ability by just beginning with very simple tasks. You just need
to start the task, keep at it until it is complete.
You can mark of the habit
of completing the task by washing your hands or ticking off the activity on
your notebook. By continuing to do this, you will be alerting your brain and
telling it that you are the kind of person who actually completes tasks.
As you
continue completing tasks you will realise that you have actually built a habit
of completing things and this will make you a better human being.
Whatever it
takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure
than you ever will from something you never finished.
Learn the ability to break large projects into smaller tasks
There is a common saying that goes like this; Rome was not build in a
day. If you can learn the meaning of this proverb then it will help you work on
those projects that you actually thought were very impossible to accomplish and
do.
If you have a large project that you want to work on, then you can just
start by working on the small tasks that will actually help you achieve
it.
If you are able to break the project
into small daily tasks that you are able to complete every day, I assure you it
will make it easier for you to get to that ultimate goal that you have always
wanted to actually achieve.
If you feel the project is overwhelming you, you
can just dedicate an hour every evening after work to it and I assure you that
after a very good period of time, you will be surprised with how much you will
have accomplished or achieved.
The small tasks that you complete everyday for
one hour will add up and before you know it, you will have completed the large
project that at first you actually thought was undoable or impossible.
When we
look at the highly successful people, they have very many small tasks that they
have been completing in their lives every day until the day they actually
reached their ultimate goal and became successful.
The completed projects that
these people worked on gave them the confidence to become successful in life.
Avoid
multitasking if you can
Our lives are dominated by a lot of things and sometimes we cannot
ignore these things but in life sometimes you will need to multi task. If it is
possible in your life, you should actually avoid the habit of multitasking.
You
should just try to focus on one thing so that you give it your entire focus and
time. This will help you do that task to the best of your ability.
The habit of multitasking will make you to
split your attention to the many activities that you are doing and this will
not actually make you do any of the activities that you are pursuing in a
better way but instead it will just slow down your progress.
This is because
you will just find yourself jumping from one task to another the whole day.
Now
take a look at this scenario where by you have already completed on task and
are looking forward to doing another.
This means that you can now forget the
previous task and focus your full attention on the new task ahead. This means
that you will do better at this task and ultimately complete the project in a
very good way.
Make sure you set goals and be flexible
If you truly want to be successful, you have to actually have a goal
that you are chasing and you have to completely immerse yourself into that
goal.
You should start working on
projects that will actually lead you to your ultimate dream in life.
Do not make the mistake of jumping from one
project to another without having anything to show for it.
Make sure that you are sure of what you are
actually going to do in your next project before you jump off the ship.
If you
are not sure of your next step in life, it will make more sense to keep doing
the project that you are currently working on until you are very sure that the
next project might actually have bigger returns compared to the current one.
Mark Zuckerberg quit college to start Facebook knowing that in the near future
that Facebook was going to become a very big deal and interestingly it did.
Sometimes I think we should just follow our guts and immerse ourselves into
those projects that we are passionate about until these projects are completed.
If you see a great opportunity to make a very big leap forward into your life,
I think this is the best time to move onto your next project and you just never
know what you might actually end up achieving.
Once you understand how
important it is to complete projects, you will start working on projects that
interest you and you will end up building a highly successful life that has
great meaning to you. To our success in Life.
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