Top 30 Valuable Lessons from The Book Finish Give Yourself the Gift of Done

 

Top 30 Valuable Lessons from The Book Finish Give Yourself the Gift of Done By Jon Acuff

Do you consider yourself a perfectionist then you will have fewer finished projects and you are giving excuses not to finish them because according to Jon Acuff "the harder you try to be perfect the less likely you will accomplish your goals?"

We will learn from this book how to do 

1. Goal Settings 

2. Prioritizing 

3. Making your goals fun 

4. Identifying your hiding places 

5. Hidden benefits from not finishing 

The first lie of Perfectionism is "Quit if it isn't perfect" perfectionism magnifies your mistake and minimize your progress Let's try to be less perfect and more productive 

Goal Setting - Cut your goals in half or double the timeline.

The second lie of perfectionism is "your goals should be bigger"

"shoot for the moon even if you miss you will land among the stars"

Goals are a marathon, not a sprint if you do a little bit every month you can reach your goals if you can't cut a goal in half let's suppose you have to pay a credit card debt of $5000 if you are asked to pay half amount what will you do? Do you pay more or less? 

If there are goals that you cannot cut in half you should pay extra time to that goal think about other goals you have attempted did your goals were too big?

Or will you read 10 Books? Or lose 20 pounds? Or Make $5? 

Can you cut your goals in half share your goals with your friend if you trust him or her? Imagine what worst can happen if you couldn't complete the goal.

Here are the Top 30 Valuable Lessons from The Book Finish Give Yourself the Gift of Done 

1. “When it comes to personal achievement, there’s a fine line between tragedy and comedy.

2. “When you’re a leader, one of your biggest hopes is that your team will finish its goals.

 3. Finishing a goal you hate isn’t a win.

4. The less that people aimed for perfection, the more productive they became. what we never like to admit is that you don’t just give time to something, you take it from something else To be good at one thing you have to be bad at something else.

5. Social media isn’t free; it always costs you something.

6. Fun isn’t optional. It’s necessary if you’re going to kill perfectionism and make it through to do.

7. Most of us don’t add fun to our goals.

8. Fear is like fire. You can make it work for you: it can warm you in the winter, cook your food when you’re hungry, give you light when you are in the dark, and produce energy. Fear is a friend of exceptional people.”

9. Fun Comes in Two Very Different Flavors. Choose Wisely.1. Reward motivation 2. Fear motivation

10. You’ll never finish anything, though, if you wait to be inspired.

11. Real winners don’t need motivation.

12. Perfectionism only gets loud when people get moving.

13. Perfectionism is about conformity, it’s about twisting and molding your performance to some imaginary standard that’s impossible to hit.

14. There’s no room for weirdness when it comes to perfectionism.

15. Remember, perfectionism will tell you that fun doesn’t count.

16. Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion

17. A hiding place is an activity you focus on instead of your goal. A noble obstacle is a virtuous-sounding reason for not working toward a finish. Both are toxic to your ability to finish.

18. Perfectionism loves isolation.

19. One of the best ways to fall in love with a new goal is to just try to finish an old one.

20. If we believe we have to eliminate all distractions before we get work done, we will never work

21. There will always be one more amazing distraction. Our minds will do anything to avoid the challenge of focusing on something.

22. Remember, perfectionism has no sense of gray, things are only black or white. You do it perfectly or you don’t do it at all.

23. Perfectionism screams failure and hides the progress

24. Perfectionism always makes things harder and more complicated finishers make things easier and simpler.

25. Goals are simple but they are not easy.

26. “If I’m not miserable, I’m not doing something productive.”

27. Don’t wait to be honest with yourself if you realize you no longer like what you’re working on.

28. Don’t let perfectionism keep you stuck

29. If something comes easily or comfortably, it must not be good.

30. If you pursue the right goal in the wrong way, you still end up in the wrong place.