9 Tips to Improve Your Follow-Through

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9 Tips to Improve Your Follow-Through

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Are you one of those people who start tons but finish only a teeny bit? That doesn’t do tons for your career or reputation. This week, Faithful on the Clock provides 9 tips to complete more of what’s on your plate.

Timestamps:

[00:05] - Intro

[00:40] - I tend to be like the Muppets character Beaker and have many fires (projects) to put out. This show is aimed at all the other Beaker professionals out there. 

[01:45] - God is the ultimate planner and demonstrated incredible follow-through with Christ on the cross. We need to emulate His conviction.

[02:58] - Philippians 1:6 reveals that God is not going to abandon the work He is doing in You–He’ll follow through even on that.

[03:55] - Tip #1: Commit to one-to-one trades.

[04:47] - Tip #2: Get some accountability people behind you.

[05:10] - Tip #3: Get yourself organized.

[05:35] - Tip #4: Get what you want to do on your calendar.

[06:21] - Tip #5: Look at the impact you’ll have and the motivation behind the work.

[07:12] - Tip #6: Give yourself some rewards.

[08:07] - Tip #7: Do your homework and know ahead of time what’s involved.

[08:43] - Tip #8: Look at the patterns you’ve got so you can identify and eliminate hurdles getting in your way.

[09:50] - Tip #9: Tell your inner critic to be quiet so feelings of incompetence or unworthiness don’t kill your motivation.

[11:14] - The world emphasizes quantity, but when you think of follow-through, consider the implications for integrity, reputation, and trust. Those things are differentiators for you.

[12:08] - Prayer

[12:55] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

• Strategies for improving follow-through include:

1) Committing to 1-1 trades

2) Getting people around you to hold you accountable

3) Getting organized

4) Putting projects and their specific steps on your calendar

5) Evaluating the impact and motivation of the work

6) Giving yourself appropriate rewards

7) Doing your homework to understand what’s really involved in the work before starting

8) Evaluating your patterns and identifying what’s likely to make you hold back

9) Telling your inner critic to be quiet

• Following-through is important because it contributes to your career when you can accomplish more of what you set out to do. But it’s critical for building a reputation of integrity, and it demonstrates respect and your personal values along the way.

• How to Close the Deal on All Those Projects You Never Finished

CTAs:

• Identify the top three projects you would like to complete within the next week, month, and six months. 
• Go through the tips list for each of your top projects.

What’s coming up next:

Got some behaviors you know aren’t so great and want to change? Episode 51 of Faithful on the Clock highlights the two biggest things to do when you need to improve or pivot.

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