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“You are considering too many options and doing too much research, which limits your ability to make an executive decision.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Just remember that your goals can be entirely different from your expectations.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Don’t shoot too high, but don’t shoot too low; otherwise, you’ll grow bored and unengaged.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Even if you have extremely strong self-discipline and desire to change, you will still fail if your expectations are too high.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“in resting, you may actually be more productive in the long run.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Each day, spend at least 30 minutes doing relaxing activities. Meet with friends. Read a book. Listen to music. Meditate. Exercise. Cuddle. Take a walk in the woods.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“It’s easy to conclude the following: if you fail to take care of your mental health, your discipline and willpower quickly deteriorate.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“View life as a series of lessons that you can use for future betterment, and not only will you not fear failure, you will know”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“You can also teach yourself what doesn’t work. If you follow through to the end and still don’t succeed, you can evaluate your work and see where you went wrong.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Therefore, overcoming your instinct to avoid things just because they are uncomfortable for you at first is essential.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“believing that your journey to success will become supremely uncomfortable at times,”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Thus, becoming used to this feeling allows you to tackle what you want without fear.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“The lasagna does not have a lasting benefit, but it does have a lasting cost.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“This makes it very clear to yourself that you are not acting out of a lack of ability or talent, but rather you are just taking the easy way out.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“He gave himself too much choice and leeway and thus allowed self-sabotage all too easily.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“stating “I want,” “I will,” and “I won’t”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“However, be sure to move and change these cues around every few days so that you do not become too accustomed to them and start to ignore them as part of the background noise of your life.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“You’re turning a full sacrifice into a compromised sacrifice. The end result is a compromise that makes it possible to keep doing what you want while also working on your goals.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Lazing around may seem harmless, until you consider what it’s really costing you—the opportunity to do something better.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Following through and finishing what you start will always call for sacrifice.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Every day, review your goals and why you want to complete them.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Motivation has been shown to work best when we are reminded of”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“The easy way to find these is to answer a set of questions that directly asks things such as how am I going to benefit from this and how does my life stand to improve from this?”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“you get to take charge of your own life instead of being just a slave to your unconscious fears and society’s pressures on you.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“Thus, many of our interests, passions, and talents remain hidden to us forever. And not knowing our true capacities,”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“perfection often means you end up with less than if you were content to be on a learning curve and make a few mistakes.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“However, these are ruinous distortions in reasoning. By not acting and not following through, we have already judged and rejected ourselves even before we’ve started.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“But the truth is that any task, even those we feel most strongly called to, needs a little discipline and effort to get going.”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
“if we care about achieving specific goals, we need to shape our time around them. If”
Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline