Are you a circle or an arc? I heard James Malinchak pose that question and started to ponder the concept. The idea is that a person who is just an arc is someone who starts a project but never finishes it. He starts the circle but only gets around part of the way.
The circle is the person who starts something and sees it through all the way to the end. The circle finishes the job.
The circle is the person who starts something and sees it through all the way to the end. The circle finishes the job.
Leaders are often starters. They come up with the vision, fuel the idea, get people motivated and then let others finish the job. There's a place for that. But, in our daily lives, we need to be finishers. We need to focus on accomplishment.
Some suggestions:
Focus on what you can do today to move that task or project forward. Don't let it die for lack of attention.
Begin to keep track of the things you leave unfinished each day. Transfer them to "tomorrow's" to-do list.
Develop the mentality of a finisher. When you have a presentation to make, article to write or agenda to craft, attack it until it's finished.
Legendary basketball coach John Wooden says his father taught him to "make each day your masterpiece." So, if today is a painting, will it be a series of brush strokes or a finished portrait?
Some suggestions:
Focus on what you can do today to move that task or project forward. Don't let it die for lack of attention.
Begin to keep track of the things you leave unfinished each day. Transfer them to "tomorrow's" to-do list.
Develop the mentality of a finisher. When you have a presentation to make, article to write or agenda to craft, attack it until it's finished.
Legendary basketball coach John Wooden says his father taught him to "make each day your masterpiece." So, if today is a painting, will it be a series of brush strokes or a finished portrait?
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