5 Things to Do When You Have Too Many Ideas and Never Finish Anything
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- Falling in love with starting is easy. Falling in love with finishing is hard. But, if you can learn to fall in love with the art of finishing - and the process of overcoming adversity, failures and working around obstacles - you'll consistently follow through on your ideas.
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The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
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How Much Choice Is Too Much? Determinants of Individual Contributions in 401(k) Retirement Plans by Iyengar, Sheena S., Wei Jiang, and Gur Huberman: www.nagdca.org/dnn/Portals/45...
Buridan’s Ass: Why More Is Less: mayooshin.com/buridans-ass-wh...
The Battle with Akrasia: mayooshin.com/akrasia/
The Physics of Stress-Free Productivity: mayooshin.com/physics-stressf...
How to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done in 2 Minutes or Less: mayooshin.com/how-to-stop-pro...
How to Build a New Habit: mayooshin.com/build-new-habit...
The Truth About How Long It (Actually) Takes To Form A New Habit: mayooshin.com/new-habit/
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Great video, I've never seen or heard about this topic before, thanks for sharing :)
Respectfully disagree with "done is better than good." Done and good should be hand-in-hand - why put something into the world that is not of good quality?
@Thomas Jefferson I respectfully disagree, though I believe done and good should and must always be the gold standard, "anything worth doing is worth doing badly until or unless you know how to to do it" Les brown
How about "done well is better than not done seeking perfection" - Corey Sitkowski
who else is having a mental breakdown?
Me me
you too?
Me and dont forget that self hate
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Summary (Executing ideas)
1. Create mini-deadlines
2. Use 80/20 rule
3. Trust your gut
4. Develop the habit of finishing
5. Practice quitting
Thank you sir
While I DO agree with what you say, in my own personal experience it goes like this:
1. Start a project and focus on it
2. Rule: Tell people to "piss off" who distract you FROM the project and Waste your time
3. Trust NOBODY other than yourself (you are safer that way)
4. Develop ways to do more things yourself WITHOUT asking for help from any losers that you can't depend on, and are totally unreliable and untrustworthy to start with
5. QUIT EVERYTHING other than the project you are actually focused on or task at hand, and if people have a problem with that tell them again to "Piss off" and if that doesn't work tell them to politely "Go F**K themselves"!!
That is the only way things have worked in my book!! Oh sure people WILL call you a jerk or even worse, but they WILL NOT CALL YOU a procrastinator at all!!
@@gregbenwell6173 I like your focus but you can achieve all this without letting anger and aggression take over. Assert yourself. See a therapist for your issues of trust, anger.
@@gregbenwell6173 Anger and aggression are not friends of productivity. Furthermore, asking for help and depending on others is part of life. You may achieve some things in isolation, but that can only go so far.
@dmaxrcode glad I could help
I think the quote, "I hate writing, but I love having written" is perfect for this video. Thank you!
Start watching this...and finished it! ✔
Yess that is great i like that way of seeing things.😂
u dont know how many person skip few minutes before the end and hop to another video..
this is a good start..
u dont know how many person skip few minutes before the end and hop to another video..
this is a good start..
I start it, push the red dot back several times so I can make notes and get it, it’s fast! I want to understand it. Got my list now, thanks for this great video!
Can't even do that....33 seconds in.😱
*We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.*
Yes. We're creatures of habit, addiction and hypnosis. We surely are our own worse enemy.
thank you Kanye, very cool
(addicted to our *way* of thinking. If we weren't always suppressing our thoughts perhaps we would be more productive)
I’m going to stop procrastinating next week.
This comment is criminally underrated 😂
XDDDDDDDDDDDD
Next year maybe for the "big stuff"
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yes. 😭😂
Nope. I have ideas, I make plans, I lose interest. Sometimes I fall in and out of interest with certain subjects.
I feel you
What's wrong with us😩
@@jaynestagg9460 It's modern society. Everyone's looking for that big break.
My advice is to commit to the bare minimum wherever you don't feel like it
I felt that that was my adhd screwing my autism, focus and everything else up. Though maybe it is since I lose interest quickly and "hop" around stuff a lot....
idea six.
Figure out what finished should look like and plan it out backwards to where you are now. Remember to be realistic and honest with yourself. Make sure to write it down and once you have your plan, follow it through.
@Zenas
Thank you for sharing. 🙏
that may be described as VISION in laymen terms :-)
AHA-- yes, very good. What does finished look like?
This is really helpful.
Me wanting to learn or do more
Photography,
Piano,
Drawing,
Working out,
Reading,
And playing violin
Enderguy40
Yea I feel ya..
I’m 39. Want to learn-
Drums, piano, architecture, bar tending, get back into martial arts,
Blacksmithing, own a business, fashion, watches, Japanese & ITALIAN, get better at snowboarding,
Write a book, become a coach & spiritual guide,.. micro dosing/ haha..
Yea........ I get it;)
But reality says just get a f’ing job !!!
After 7 years doing taxes and a brief stint in the movie biz I’m at drift!
It’s been a tough few months without work. But I’ll find something soon,...
Ling ling 40hr
@@AlexanderHonsVonEber This has been my life so far, and I have achieved precisely nothing. I wish I had seen this video years ago.
Not even one thing i do not want to do
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 If you're working long days and have long commutes like most people do, you don't have time. There's only a couple of hours at the end of the day to make something to eat and read the mail. Getting up at 4 am, there's no time. I don't know how people find time to go to the gym. Maybe they cut into their sleep time.
I have discovered the book What do I do when I want to do everything by Barbara Sher and it's a life-changing book. I highly recommend it multipassionate people who struggle finishing things.
I'm surprised by the comments. I felt alone in my procrastination.
Don't worry: I am one of the worst procrastinators that I know. Trust me, you are not alone.
I did, too! So relieved.
“Develop the habit of finishing” - YESSSSSSS... Big results from those few words.
I'm falling in love with the art of improvement
On the fear of failure, it helps to consider previous successful projects that had the same intensity of needed energy. If you were able to finish that exhausting project before, then you can also finish this one now. It involves disciplinary measures but such is life.
Yes.
I love this. Looking at your own past successes helps you follow-through because you already know you are capable of finishing difficult things.
started to watch this video 10+ times and still not finished ... but now I'll
I'm going through this so bad right now. I really don't know why but sometimes it makes me want to just break down and cry.
The fact your looking it up to find out what is all means means you want to fall in love with finishing.
@@tommason3372 I'm trying. I really think I have ADD or something
@@joeyw7325 I take Spore. For Focus Performance. It's not an ad. I don't work for them. I take one a day when I'm about to study so I can focus. I noticed I get a lot more done too
@@tommason3372 thanks man. I'm gonna check that out
3 years ago my uncle passed away and my family went to auction his stuff out. There was 30 years of unfinished projects everywhere, in cobwebs, rusted out etc. Thousands of dollars of tools, resources and equipment sitting around unused for lots of projects not started or unfinished. This taught me a lesson. That I don’t want to be like that. It made me sad that that was his legacy. Because of him I always make sure to finish what I start! I always finish projects and every time I buy resources I put them in use and immediately. As projects get finished over the years your surroundings look better and better and it’s easy to think of new projects and execute them. I did 3 projects yesterday and executed them just like I imagined. One project was putting up a cute childrens ceiling fan in my son’s room. I bought the fan off of marketplace for $10 in its box. The box looked beat up like the fan had been sitting in a garage for years…someone’s project they never started
We need a modern finishing school like this that helps people to learn this habit. :)
Thank you so much for this video. I've been overwhelmed with ideas for years now and I just never knew where to start. Even if I had an idea of where & how to start I still felt like there's so much to do I couldn't. I will try these tips out. Thanks you so much.
As someone aspiring to be the best musician I can be, thank you for this video
I've been needing this all my life.
I appreciate these videos! Thank you for taking time time to do them!
1）quit watching TH-cam
Tomorrow
Bite your tongue Oliver!!! LOL
TH-cam is my only Therapy...
put a glass of wine + TH-cam...
Priceless... lol
(You are right... less TH-cam would help)
You Hit the Nail on the Head. Too much info overload. I love new info so much, but it's yet another way to distract oneself that feels like a good thing.
@@bobstalnaker9706 ah yes this is why i'm like this. thx for the enlightenment
Learn how to use empathy, TH-cam is the only form of entertainment for me. And the only thing that helps me learn many things. Gotta gather input information so I can use it on output experience.
This is the video I needed. It couldn’t have come at a better time. Thank you, kind sir. 👍
That 80/20 analogy helped a lot. I knew about the rule but the example has really explained it
Thanks for the great summaries! I find your videos very useful and incorporate the bits and pieces into my own frameworks :)
Thank you for creating and sharing this! ♡♡♡
Great video, so apropos for where I'm at; I am certainly grateful that you did the research on this topic & made the ideas available.
Thanks. I have a long list! Great advice.
This is what I exactly needed
I love this channel! Thank you!
Thanks a lot for these ideas!! I'll start to implement them right away! :)
Beautiful narration and very good animation! Hats off to you!
Needed this video, thank you!
this is so true! loved this video.... thank you!!
5:55 my dilemma exactly, the adventure of alternatives ...
Thank you!!! I am starting to finish now😉
Thank you for this
This was really helpful, thanks
I had a good idea for my business and I actually did what I could for like two months, but after that ,I just lost the interest and rethink everything 😫omg I feel like a loser, I planned everything and didn't even made it to selling my product point...all that time and energy I put in wasted 😫 couple of months after starting a new project I'll see another thing on the internet or hear from people and I think maby that would be better than what I had in my head and give up what I just started,I'll be 50 and still jumping to other fields without finishing the first one,I'm not good for life
your videos are so inspiring! keep it up please
Just what I needed at the right time
I hope it helped you 👍
Looks like this video was made just for me, Thanks!
I also liked AoI’s advice of “Just do it”. At least do it for two minutes because the commitment you make in that time may result in your finishing or at least better understanding your task.
Very valuable food for the mind. Thanks a lot!
You dont have to be great to start but you have to start to be great. And you cant be great if you quit you have to finish and foccuss to be great.
Pinnacle thoughts
Thanks for this awesome content
Really useful ideas. I'm gonna use them and will tell u how they work for me
Thanks for sharing!
Great info video !!! Thank you!!!
much needed content .....thanks
My mind is like metropolis,a city with many avenues! My quote🤩🧡🧚♀️
Focus on one idea at a time to get it done.
Exactly time is valuable so dont waste it
I agree... I've got several projects sitting half done. I managed to complete one recently, and it was the one time that I specifically told myself the night before that *I will work on that specific project*. Every other time I've decided my Saturday morning will be spent doing projects, I've just stayed in bed thinking about which one I should do.
I think I shall try that again this weekend... I'm getting sick of wasting my time doing nothing.
Exactly, this is what I failed to understand as late as 3 months ago.
Hi from India....I really like the topics you bring to this channel.
Wow. Spot on!
Time Stamps:
1. Create Mini Deadlines - Beware of Parkinson's Law - 2:12
2. Use the 80/20 Rule - Optimal use of resources - 2:42
3. Trust Your Gut - Ditch fear of failure & Do It! - 3:30
4. Develop the Habit of Finishing 'what you started' - Start small & build up - 4:18
5. Practice Quitting - "If the costs of pursuing an idea has outweighed the benefits, cut your losses (Opportunity cost) - t0 -> ti ($$$) -> tn ($) - 4:51
Thank you for these interesting video,and verry usefull also
I wish I knew this year's ago, but I am glad I know this now!
Hello, thanks for you do.. would really appreciate if you can make a guided video - for selecting the best idea or best option when there are too many options or thoughts
Anyone else relate to Chidi from The Good Place?
I have too many creative ideas, and not many actually brought to fruition is the story of my life. I’ve been complimented on my creativity many times, yet I’ve begun to wonder if this trait is more like a personal hell of stagnation.
Try finding someone who can help your creative ideas come to life. You have the ideas, now you just need a partner who can help you develop the ideas
Why don't u put ur ideas on this platform .. if anybody in any country wants to do that let them do .. if possible..
same with me.what i found? overwhelmed with too many ideas. too many works to do. what i did?. choose one and laser focus on it. yeah im making progress at least.
I thought of Chidi too and I'm on the and boat
Me 100%!!!
-For 2 years I have been working on a long term small business & my skills in that area.
-I graduated college into covid, no jobs available, but I had a great idea & spent 4 months 24/7 developing an app. Stopped progressing on my long term idea.
-now I’m facing reality that I need a paying job, and should probably sorta stick to a career path to save enough money. So I stopped the 4 month project and started job hunting. But picked back up my long term business.
I can only balance two plans realistically. Even that is a stretch. I feel like this is part of life everyone’s gotta face. Let go of some things you wanna do cause you just can’t do everything.
Merci pour les vidéos🎥
thanks for this, not sure why i feel helped, as i cant drop any of the goals im carrying and trying to turn into healthy habits and most o my issues are about getting distracted by videos that may help with my personal growth or regaining my health or working towards my future than actually DOING the personal growth etc lols
so things such as meditation n exercise go out the window XD ... i'll sleep on it, 2morro is a new day :)
just trying to focus on implementing the basics -sleep and diet n not going back onto nicotine and doing a bit more housework and daily flexibility exercises
i guess thats enough to be going on with, likely im addicted to learning/new info XD
just theres so much more i want to do .. learn spanish, dance classes, acroyoga/calisthenics/parkour, horseriding, money management and investing, philosophy, history, nutrition, gut microbiome, pre history, a classical education, leatherworking or some other craft and i still have 2 sewing projects i promised the results to my nan n mum that i havent touched for a whole month lols!
I’m only 10 years old and I’m trying to be a TH-camr but I have 2 ideas for my channel but I don’t know if I should do both but stress a lot or just throw those ideas out the window so this helped me a lot that you!
Awesome video 👌
Very informative
Wow this is so beneficial
100% me. Thanks for this.
You're welcome
And me.
Tips number one "Creating Mini Deadline" surely helps me a lot to increase my happiness
I do still need to work on my execution skills, anyway. No matter how great your concept is, it cannot succeed without great execution.
Develop habit to finish vs. Practice quitting...can u please explain cuz I dont get it hiw to align those two. Sounds ti me like contradiction.
Thanks for helping me understand.
this is so me :'(
recently started a youtube channel, learning the piano, working out, reading, baking
i ended up procrastinating and doing less.
Absolutely. I had plans to learn 4 languages fluently, master piano, write books, translate, work as an editor... It is just exhausting considering all of these plans! Now that I have cut back to just focusing on writing, the stress has tumbled off a cliff.
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 I agree with you, i realize consistency and focusing on one thing is more important than trying to do more. thanks for sharing :)
If this channel doesn’t get an award soon I’ll make sure of it
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I knew this video was exactly for me when I saw the title. I immediately saved it to my watch later list. It's now in the queue as the number 415 on that list. I came to comment here first because at this rate I will never watch it.
I had a huge Watch Later list, which caused me stress. I deleted every video on the list, because some had remained there for weeks. If I don't watch a video now, I probably never will.
Find the one idea that you resonate with the most and focus on it
Nothing resonates. It's hard to enjoy hobbies and interests when you're tired from working a long day, and sitting in a car for hours coming home.
@@gusgrizzel8397 Perhaps you need to find a way to make work resonate with you?
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 What does that mean? Do you even work a job, that you would say something frivolous like that?
@@gusgrizzel8397 lol
Thanks!
You're welcome and thank you.
Awesome video.
Hi
@@takumereny2841 Hi!
This holds true in too many color choices in carpets, curtains, etc.
Teaching yourself art is hard. I nearly always finish what I start but what I am making is never really consistent..
If that makes scenes.
Nice channel 💛
Thank you! This problem is on my mind daily.
Need to rewatch this. Peezy JUST said this
&&
Cant but the outcomw if theres no income to paraphrase Jay Z
Lets try some things.
I should apply it also for my channel ... Thanks
I find it easy to finish because the thing that keeps me motivated is the end result, not the idea or the work. But, I don't usually start something if I don't have the confidence that I can finish it. And, I don't start something that requires depending on other people unless it is necessary. Relying on others usually brings disappointment. I despise procrastination because it is the end result that motivates me. If the end result won't be something I am excited about, I won't start it. I don't mean the payoff, but the actual results of the work itself. The best part is standing back and seeing the finished work. I must say I have a very difficult time respecting people who don't finish what they start. That is one of my failures. I can't comprehend the purpose of being busy but never accomplishing anything. People who do that seem to have chaotic and messy lives.
Nope. Got unstuck by getting rid of years-old projects that I didn't absolutely love. If it was iffy, I passed it on to the thrift store. Felt immediate relief, not loss.
this video cured my cancer, thanks
I finished this video !
*Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain. :)*
Although it's quite cringy , today I'll take it
Ewwww
Thanks
Thank you, Alexander
I have thousands of pages and recordings of ideas and my brain is flushing itself every day. But I have no fucking clue how to realize them.
I feel like something really big is missing between 3 & 4, mostly the final part of 4. I jump but just "create the habit of finishing"... I just... I can't even finish this sentence.
Algorithm has realised that I am literally watching every tutorial I see on my home page. Ooops
I haven't left the house apart from going to the local shop now and again. When my husband said yesterday for us to go for a drive then go for a walk...... Inside threw me in to sheer panic. I didn't even go into the kitchen yesterday let alone the garden. No idea how to get past this fear and the feelings I get inside. I never ever finish a task.....HELP
I have lots of hobbies I enjoy but they either never get started or never get finished.....I want to do them all at the same time. I get obsessed with art then obsessed with crocheting kids toys or mind puzzles etc.... but I just don't finish anything.
For me, having so many interests is a curse.
If we fail, to follow our dreams, we will lose our mind👐🏼
My biggest weakness has always been finishing what I start.... this is true every time I want to learn a new piano piece. I'm really good at starting one but then after a while I lose interest and then start on another piece instead.... and then another piece. Maybe it's time to focus on just no more than three pieces at a time so that I can direct my energy more efficiently.
all the best
you are weak willed and will never master the piano. Give it up now and stop wasting your time.
@@pparker768 if you are weak willed that doesn't mean everybody is like you
How are you doing now?
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus! :)
3:25-3:29 is bucky fuller 101. Long live ephemerlization! Dec.23,2018
We are lazy because we want to achieve too much in such a short time.
This explains it very well.