Are You a Habitual Starter?
How many things have you started and put aside?
If you can answer, many, you are a 'starter'.
Do you tend to get excited about doing something, start it, then
get sidetracked by interest in something new. This can be a
project, new career, hobby, business idea, investing idea,
whatever, that has been put aside before completion for another.
If you can relate to this, you are also likely quite frustrated
with the lack of money, satisfaction and happiness in your life.
What's the problem? You try so hard; you are always doing
something yet no results.
Here is what is going on with the vicious cycle you are in.
You don't have an overall direction in life to serve as a beacon
to keep you on track. You have not set specific goals, targets
or a path to serve as benchmarks in your progress. You are not
managing your time well or sticking to appropriate tasks.
Bouncing from one thing to another shows you are not fully
committed to a big picture. You are not benefiting emotionally
from the accomplishment of anything. Your confidence is likely
not what it could be. Your frustration level is damaging to your
energy and motivation. There must be a, yea but, in the back of
your mind when you choose to do things.
Now a picture of what a success cycle looks like.
The fact that you are bouncing from interest to interest reveals
that you are not aware of your purpose. Discovering your purpose
in life gives you a solid foundation as to what you should be
doing. You then can determine specifically what to do to fulfill
the purpose. Your purpose is what you are here to do to serve
the world, and your work is something that supports that.
Seeing and feeling your purpose will reveal a deep intent and a
strong motivation. You will feel more like you are on a mission.
This is what will help you keep focused and on task. You will
have power to take command of your thinking, directing your
thoughts and actions towards what supports your mission.
The, 'yea but' I mentioned above comes from your inner self
trying to speak of what you really should be doing as you are
doing other different things. Without consciously knowing it you
will not give your all to one thing while your inner self is
yearning for something else. All the things you are doing are
just attempts to satisfy you ego thinking. You may think they
When you determine what you will do to accomplish fulfilling
your purpose, you then need to set up the steps that will lead
you to where you are fully engaged with your intent to support
your purpose. You don't need to know exactly what each step is
at the beginning, just enough to get going will do. You will
discover more as you proceed in the right direction.
Accomplishing specific goals or targets along the way will give
your confidence and motivation a boost. This is important in
order to keep your energy and interest up at a high level.
Continued accomplishment helps keep you motivated and willing to
do what is necessary.
Daily planning and refocusing on the specific tasks to be
accomplished each day is important. You must have a plan each
day as well as the self-discipline to stick to it. It is so easy
to get distracted with things that do not directly support your
goal. You can actually be busy all day and not accomplish
anything that you had set out to. Time management is critical to
your satisfaction and progress. There is not time to do
everything you can think of in a day, you must learn to be
selective in support of your immediate goal.
This is reinforced with daily reminders of your purpose, intent
and goals. Then set up a routine to plan your daily activities
every day and be determined to stay on course.
Even if supporting your purpose includes several things, realize
you can't do everything at once. One thing accomplished is more
motivation that three things half-done. Determine in what order
the projects must be done in and focus your attention on what is
important now.
Your personal development is your responsibility, take control
of your scattered thinking and find the key to focused
attention. Happiness and satisfaction come through purposeful
accomplishment.