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Finish : give yourself the gift of done / Jon Acuff.

by Acuff, Jonathan.

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Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Random House, c2017.

Success in business.

Perfectionism (Personality trait)

9781591847625 (hc.)

viii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"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. 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. Then, I learned something surprising: The most effective training exercises are not those that push people to work harder. The ones that get people to the finish line did just the opposite - they take 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. The strategies in this book are counterintuitive. 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! 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, or you can give yourself the gift of done. Jonathan Acuff is the author of Start, Quitter, and Do Over.

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