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  • Finish What You Start

  • The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline
  • By: Peter Hollins
  • Narrated by: Gregory Sutton
  • Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (72 ratings)

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Finish What You Start

By: Peter Hollins
Narrated by: Gregory Sutton
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Summary

Is your life a series of unfinished tasks and intentions? That stops now. Finish What You Start is a unique deep dive into the psychology and science of accomplishment, productivity, and getting things done. It discusses why we are sometimes stuck and gives detailed, step-by-step solutions you can start using today. Every phase of finishing and following through is covered, and even productivity pros will be able to learn something new.

Following through and finishing what you started are valuable instructions you need more than you realize. It is combination of traits that enables you to create the life you want without having to compromise or wait. The alternative is a status quo that you’re stuck in.

This guide includes practical tactics to grow your willpower, stop procrastination, focus like a laser, and achieve whatever you set your mind to. Above all else, this is a guide to better understanding your brain and instincts for optimal results.

It discusses how to:

Channel massive productivity and mental toughness

Resist distractions, de-motivation, temptations, laziness, and excuses:

  • The surprising motivations that push us past obstacles
  • How daily rules and a manifesto can help you achieve
  • Valuable and insightful mindsets to view productivity from entirely new lights

Seize self-control and finally accomplish your big and small goals

  • The science and tactics to beating procrastination easily
  • Focus and willpower pitfalls you are probably committing at this very moment
  • How to beat distractions, remain focused, stay on task, and get to what matters consistently

Transform your life through productive habits and avoiding mental traps

Peter Hollins has studied psychology and peak human performance for over 12 years and is a best-selling author. He has worked with dozens of individuals to unlock their potential and path towards success. His work draws on his academic, coaching, and research experience.

©2018 Peter Hollins (P)2018 Peter Hollins
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become accountable

This book is very informative and a go to to help break that procrastinating habit. it offers you tools to do it and do it well. I found it gave reasons why you must succeed and trick your brain to build positive habits. This is a must read to a who have a dream but can not or will not work towards it.

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Great Insight with actionable steps

straightforward easy to read and follow, great examples and references. Will be putting steps into action.

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Ruined by Robotic & Lifeless Narration

The first Peter Hollins book I bought was narrated by the author. Peter is a great narrator and should in all cases be narrating his own books. This one however has been spoiled by the robotic and lifeless reading of the voiceover actor. I think that Peter's book content is generally quite good, but this one needs to be redone by the author in my view. The only redeeming highlight was the fact that the author himself did make an appearance near the end, to sum up the book's main points.

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Fantastic book, highly recommended!

Very helpful, a complete landscape of reasons and pitfalls and techniques and systems to navigate them and follow tasks through to completion.
Simple to understand and implement, I found its really helped me to map out a route to a habit of finishing!

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Short, practical, read it

I loved the definition of following through given by the author. The book contains a lot of valid suggestions, some not so unique or original, but others had a real impact on me.

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Finish what you start

Overall some great guidance. Good information
Only did not like the narrater a tad robotic

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Excellent and an absolute game changer

I'm so happy I've found this book. Peter Hollins has given me answers to questions I knew and didn't know I had. I feel empowered and less of a failure, simply by having read this book. I can't wait to get started. Let me rephrase that. I've already started. I've read this book. I've also decided on my maximum 3 priorities of the day, and my day looks far more manageable, and my goals far more achievable, than ever before. Thank you, Peter, for all your advice and guidance. You are appreciated!

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Good book but......... read like a robot

I think this is a great book but the reading is so robot very nursery with spaces.

Good book but ditch the robot voice

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Good book but was too simular to the precious book in the sektors

The book had a lot of good info and it’s a good info but the fact that there is on multiple occasions copy paste stuff from last book pulls it down sadly.

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Definately one of best "Get my sh*t together audiobooks I have listenedbto listened to 😊

I liked the way each section eas summarised with Take Aways. The delivery was good too, easy to listen to? not at all patronising. I took notes and look forward to putting them into practice. Thank you

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