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Do you consider yourself a perfectionist? Do you often find it difficult to see your projects and resolutions through to the end? Do you want relief from always starting and never being done? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then “Finish” by Jon Acuff is the right summary for you. In this tidbit, New York Times best-selling author Jon Acuff shows chronic starters how to actualize their goals in this age of infinite distractions and endless opportunities. If you're ever going to get anything done in life, you have to kill perfectionism. In this summary, you will learn how to move past “the day after perfect,” get focused, and actualize your goals. You will learn how to short-circuit perfectionism and make it through to the end of every task and project.

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To start getting things done, you have to embrace imperfection

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If you ask most people the reason why they gave up on their goals, they’ll probably give the same excuse: “I fell behind and couldn’t get back on track.” “Life got in the way, and my plans got derailed.” The words might be different, but they’re all saying the same redundant thing: “When it stopped being perfect, I stopped, too.”

They missed one day of their diet and then decided the whole thing was a stupid idea. They were too busy to write one day, so they put their unfinished book back on the shelf.
The first lie perfectionism tells people about goals is this: quit if it isn’t perfect.
Nobody wants “good enough” anymore. We all want to achieve excellent results on any goals we set, especially if they are goals we've thought about for any amount of time. We will be more than ready to give up the whole thing when we find out we've made a mistake. More than that, the fear of imperfection will make some give up even before they've begun. The problem is that perfectionism magnifies your mistakes and minimizes your progress. It does not believe in incremental success.

According to Jon Acuff, 92% of resolutions fail because people always aim for something better when they set a goal. We want to look better. We want to feel better. But then better turns into best because we don’t want small growth. We want huge, overnight success.

Your goal will not be perfect. You'll experience one or two failures along the line, but that is okay. Doing something imperfectly won’t kill you. Moreover, developing a tolerance for imperfection is the key to going from being a chronic starter to being a consistent finisher.
The less you aim for perfection, the more productive you become.
In life, the road to accomplishment is filled with ups and downs. Some days, you will have a smooth sail without a single impediment. Nothing will stand in your way. On other days, some completely unforeseen, abrupt situation will cross your path and frustrate you.

You must learn to move forward imperfectly. The fact that you had a less than perfect day doesn't mean you've failed. No. You get to try again — today, tomorrow, next week until you reach the finish line.
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Increase your chance of success by cutting your goals in half

Our innate perfectionism tends to push us to supersize our goals. It gives us this “go big or go home” mentality and makes us feel bad whenever we set small goals.
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Use strategic incompetence to prioritize your strength and focus on the right things

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If you’re going to finish, you have to identify your hiding places and ignore them at all cost

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Discard the secret rules that are secretly holding you back

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Identifying your secret rules requires you to do some mindful soul searching

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