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The Secret To Writing More…
Hustle From Start To Finish
You can learn a lot by watching your children play athletics. Do they exhibit good sportsmanship? Are they gracious winners? Do they want the ball at the end of the game? I took my five-year-old to basketball practice. They don’t play games at that age. They focus more on learning basic skills like passing, dribbling and shooting.
Before and after the practice the instructors have the kids run a few wind sprints — you run from one end of the gym to the other and back. You’re supposed to sprint the entire distance.
I noticed something interesting on all of the sprints. My son stopped sprinting about twenty feet before the finish. He slowed to a crawl. After the scrimmage, I told him to hustle the entire way. Don’t slow down. Run right through the finish line.
The Last Ten
It was somewhat of an eye-opener for me because I often fall prey to the same fault, not just in athletics but life. Last year, I worked on a copywriting project. It was a few thousand words. I finished ninety percent of it in ten days. The last ten percent took over a month. That final ten percent is always a struggle, even when I’m super motivated to move on. I’m a great starter but a poor finisher.
