Stefano Ganddini gives us a truckload of brilliant, actionable advice in this guest post. His advice is sound and much of it mirrors what I wrote about in How to Be an Imperfectionist. This is a superb read.
Finishing is hard.
It’s one thing to be working on a project with strict deadlines like you have in school, work, and other similar types of environments that come with external pressures and consequences if you don’t meet your deadlines.
But when you’re working on a personal project and no one is forcing you to finish what you start, it’s easy to let it fall through the cracks. Life will go on, you’ll still have your job, and no one will think of you any differently. No one will know.
That is, no one except you. You alone will know and you alone will start to think of yourself differently. You’ll start to think that maybe you’re just not capable of finishing. Maybe you just don’t have enough self-discipline. Maybe some people are born with the special gift of finishing, and you’re just not one of them.
But I don’t buy it. I think you’re more than capable of finishing what you start. I think everyone is. I think the problem is just that most people aren’t using the right strategies. Read More
