You know that business project you started last year and never finished? That great idea that had the potential to multiply your income or significantly change your life?
Yeah, me too.
We’re good at coming up with ideas and starting things, aren’t we? Why aren’t we good at finishing them?
Lots of reasons. Fear is a biggie.
But rather than psychoanalyze ourselves, we’re better served figuring out what to do about it.
How can we finish more of the things we start?
One of the best solutions I’ve found is to make sure you have some skin in the game.
Put your reputation or your money on the line so that you are compelled to finish. Let fear work for you instead of against you.
Investing a lot of money into a goal creates an emotional commitment to the goal. Your fear of losing your investment will push you to see it through.
Sign up for a class and get someone to take it with you. They’ll hold you accountable to show up when you might otherwise find excuses to quit.
Announce your project to your email list, friends, or colleagues, and promise to provide regular updates. When you find yourself slacking off, you’ll remember that you’re going to have to explain yourself and pick up the pace.
Projects are easy to start and just as easy to abandon. As Jim Rohn put it, “What’s easy to do is also easy to not do”.
Get some skin in the game and make it not so easy to not do.
A simple way to get a lot more referrals
