Start Finishing: Related Blog Posts
Start Finishing can help you get a jumpstart on going from idea to done, and completing projects that matter to you. Check out the following resources to dive even further into some of the concepts that were touched upon in the book.
What If You’re Scared of Success?
Chapter 7 of Start Finishing, “Keep Flying by Accounting for Drag Points”, deals with the tension between the velocity and momentum we want, and all the factors in our lives that slow the speed we ...
A Look Inside the Start Finishing Field Guide: On the Path to Your Best Work
“Projects are mirrors because they reflect back to us what’s really going on in our inner and outer worlds; projects are bridges because it’s only by doing them that we create the paths our souls ...
Use After Action Reviews (AAR) to Make Your Next Project Easier, Better, and More Fun – Finishing Strong Part 4
This final part of our Finishing Strong series takes what you’ve learned from all your hard work on your current project or season, and applies it to the next big thing you’ll work on. Whether ...
Finishing Strong Part 3: Clean-Up on Aisle…
Last time, I talked about the importance of taking a pause between projects, and the important between-project work that needs doing: from just getting rest, to catching up with people, to enjoying parts of your ...
Finishing Strong Part 2: Make Space and Time to Transition Between Projects
Today’s post in the Finishing Strong series encourages us to take a pause... and be sure to check out part 1 of the series to get the full scoop. There’s a natural tendency to want ...
Finishing Strong Part 1: Run a Victory Lap
Whether it’s a tough project, a tough race, or a tough year, there’s nothing quite like the feeling of taking a victory lap and crossing the finish line. It’s an exhilarating rush of ecstasy, relief, ...
How to Balance Parent and Professional: The Start Finishing Guide to School-Time Productivity
Editor’s note: "How to Balance Parent and Professional: The Start Finishing Guide to School-Time Productivity" is a guest post by Jenn Labin. Like so many other parents (and others) out there, I am in a ...
How to Use Your GATES to Make Your Project Easier
A few years ago I got an email from a reader — let’s call him Arnie — seeking advice on how to grow his (written) blog. In his email he mentioned that he wasn’t good ...
How Success Packs Push Your Project to Done
In my experience, the chief reason people don’t finish their most meaningful projects is because they’re trying to do it alone. Given that the more a project matters to us, the more we’ll thrash with ...