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“I feel like when I say my evening Anthem, it is so refreshing to know that I have ‘left myself things to do tomorrow’ instead of failing to get it all done.”
Jon Acuff • Soundtracks
Being finished means you know you are free, period.
Salvadore Poe • The Way of Freedom: Conversations with Salvadore Poe
Affirm: I finish what I start. Becoming a finisher is the culmination of the seven affirmations. We all want to finish the good projects, tasks, and relationships we start. Yet many people seem to think quitting is so easy. But plenty of mental anguish is associated with quitting. And it shreds our confidence for starting the next time after we
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Those are some suggestions on how to get started. Now I want to tell you how to stop. Knowing when to end an article is far more important than most writers realize. You should give as much thought to choosing your last sentence as you did to your first. Well,
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
“The only way to stop is to stop,” he would tell an aide, “and I stopped.”
Ryan Holiday • Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control (The Stoic Virtues Series)
DONE prematurely, even badly, is almost always more profitable than DOING, DOING, DOING, endlessly DOING and never DONE.
Dan Kennedy • No B.S. Ruthless Management of People and Profits: No Holds Barred, Kick Butt, Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Really Getting Rich
Ichi Go Ichi E is a Japanese phrase that literally means “one time, one meeting.” However it is often translated as “once in a lifetime encounter.”
Gregg Krech • Tunneling for Sunlight: Twenty-One Maxims of Living Wisdom from Buddhism and Japanese Psychology to Cope with Difficult Times
Finish something. Anything. Stop researching, planning, preparing to do the work and just do the work instead. It doesn’t matter if it’s great or terrible. You don’t need to impress anyone on your first try. You just need to prove to yourself that you can start and finish something.