I’m a terrible finisher.
I know many people have trouble getting started. Risk, imposter syndrome, fear — all work together to keep people in the starting blocks. Sometimes, I do, too, but that’s not my main problem. I like to start new things. The clean sheet. The possibilities. The learning.
But starting is a hobby, not a profession. Any amateur can make a start. There’s no risk in starting.
All of the risk is in finishing.
Finishing exposes you to emotional danger. It’s perilous. Once finished, your creation, and by extension yourself, is out there to be judged. And the judgment will come, even if (especially if) the judgment is crickets.
I con myself with sexy labels — idea man, architect, and big thinker. But they just let me off the hook. It’s not the idea that matters. It’s the implementation of the idea.
It’s the “OK, I’m gonna share this.” That’s where the contribution lies.
Time to be a finisher.
