Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline (Live a Disciplined Life)

Helpful and inspiring. Concise and Lucid. Reading was time wel spent.

This book was definitely better than I expected all while adding the cliche of judging a book by its cover. A very positive assertive approach but not overwhelming whatsoever. The book gives a great insight on various facets of describing pitfalls, habits, and such and how to combat them and quite honestly change your ways in order to finish and finish often. What stood out for me personally was the section on systems in your projects, to do lists, etc. and how it is the systems that are put in place what ultimately provide the structure to complete tasks. Take if from a long time serial start something out strong with passion and conviction to run out of steam and mainly interest or motivation to finish anything when the allure once fades. Will power and determination I possess, but I lacked a efficient and productive system to keep it going.If you are suffering from almost done ITIS and/or if you're life is full of projects, goals, dreams, hobbies, in the QUEE left incomplete or forgotten, then this is definitely your FIRST STEP. Easy and quick to read it automatically allows you have your first "Finish What You Started". It provided a catalyst for myself to get me back in gear and I hope it does the same for you.

This book is well written, has clear examples to explain the pro/con of situations. It also is written with a lot of common sense ideals that sometimes are easily overlooked in daily life. I enjoyed it as an ebook and now considering purchasing a physical copy of the book as a reference for motivation for those times when I feel a little stuck or stagnant in a project.

First, kudos on the format of each chapter; I found it easier to remember what I had read by simply reading the chapter completely. Each topic is introduced, then expanded, and finally Mr. Collins provides his readers with a list of important notions in each chapter - one bullet at a time; I really liked this since I got into the habit of reading chapters during different times of the day and then around bedtime I would read the bullet section as a quick reminder of what I should have learned.I would recommend to the author that he should add a small section after his explanation of taking the necessary time to recuperate mentally to explain the difference between such activities and procrastination. As he mentions procrastination is never completely eliminated, I think that it's important to not let something like meditation become something used to procrastinate. For instance, I like to take little breaks to watch an episode from an old TV show like Seinfeld, because I find that the distraction and the no pressure activity helps me find solutions to problems rather than worrying about them to no end; however, sometimes I just continue watching three or four episodes when it was actually time to move on to something else. I'm working on it!Thank you for writing this book! Cheers!

Straight to the point with actionable plans to keep you motivated and get more things done. Good read for anyone.

The NEW book arrived this morning in a very large loose bag causing damage. Can't give as a gift.I took off 2 stars for the poor packagingThe book content (reading) is great.

I liked this book because the title spoke directly to me. It addressed each problem I have with tasks. It was straight to the point, gave examples of the way my brain acts and what I need to do to ease the process what I need to do to finish things, and have the sense of completion. Thank You

We know all this, but sometimes when you are missing all motivation this book will get you back on your toes!