Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done (Unabridged) Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done (Unabridged)

Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

Year after year, readers pulled me aside at events and said, “I’ve never had a problem starting. I’ve started a million things, but I never finish them. Why can’t I finish?

According to studies, 92 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail. You’ve practically got a better shot at getting into Juilliard to become a ballerina than you do at finishing your goals.

For years, I thought my problem was that I didn’t try hard enough. So I started getting up earlier. I drank enough energy drinks to kill a horse. I hired a life coach and ate more superfoods. Nothing worked, although I did develop a pretty nice eyelid tremor from all the caffeine. It was like my eye was waving at you, very, very quickly.

Then, while leading a thirty-day online course to help people work on their goals, I learned something surprising: The most effective exercises were not those that pushed people to work harder. The ones that got people to the finish line did just the opposite— they took the pressure off.

Why? Because the sneakiest obstacle to meeting your goals is not laziness, but perfectionism. We’re our own worst critics, and if it looks like we’re not going to do something right, we prefer not to do it at all. That’s why we’re most likely to quit on day two, “the day after perfect”—when our results almost always underper­form our aspirations.

The strategies in this book are counterintuitive and might feel like cheating. But they’re based on studies conducted by a university researcher with hundreds of participants. You might not guess that having more fun, eliminating your secret rules, and choosing something to bomb intentionally works. But the data says otherwise. People who have fun are 43 percent more successful! Imagine if your diet, guitar playing, or small business was 43 percent more suc­cessful just by following a few simple principles.

If you’re tired of being a chronic starter and want to become a consistent finisher, you have two options: You can continue to beat yourself up and try harder, since this time that will work. Or you can give yourself the gift of done.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
NARRATOR
JA
Jon Acuff
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
04:58
hr min
RELEASED
2017
September 12
PUBLISHER
Penguin Audio
SIZE
305.6
MB

Customer Reviews

PeterFoxFlick ,

Engaging book, great content

Not only is the writer funny, he’s book actually helped me a lot. Each time he brings up a new point he provides some comical stories that help me actually want to keep listening.I’ve been a chronic starter but never a finisher until I read this book and this was the first book I read all the way through in ages! It’s been a few years since I first read it, and I think I’ve read it 3 more times and have actually accomplished a lot of my goals!

The Newo ,

This is fine

The book is fine, the author’s read is enjoyable.
But dude. I wouldn’t have written this review if this didn’t bother me so bad.
The drive from Dallas to Austin is not a desert. It’s prairie followed by the hill country. It’s only three hours. And it’s quite nice.
Ok. Sorry, please continue.

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