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Finishing What I Started: The Way To Great Accomplishments

In this post I write why I am finishing what I started every time I start a task. It’s about values and principles.

Finishing What I Started: My Story

When I was almost at the end of my Bachelor’s of Business Administration(BBA) degree, I was getting distracted by a thought which would stop me from finishing what I started.

The thought was that I could pursue BA Philosophy Honors again, which was my passion, by taking the National Institute of Open Schooling exam for class 12th, to improve my math marks, and then applying to the Common University Entrance Test (Undergraduate). 

But I decided that finishing what I started (BBA) was more important than all the opportunities in the world.

It was about my principles and values.

So I decided to first complete my BBA degree and I did.

Finishing what I started was important because it helped me learn commitment and the ability to stick to what I put my bets on.

I think a better opportunity isn’t as important as finishing what I started.

In fact, opportunities will come and go, and better opportunities will come again, but if I live my life with regrets and a history of incomplete commitments, I don’t think I can feel truly confident in my life.

“Persistence is firmly sticking to something for a prolonged period of time, even as you encounter things that try to unstick you.”

Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline

So I completed my BBA and started studying for my MBA. 

When I was doing MBA, I again got distracted by better opportunities like BA Philosophy Honors, BCA Data Analytics, etc.

I was also feeling a fear of failure.

But I, with the help of my parents and sister, was able to complete my MBA.

Conclusion

It is this habit of sticking to and finishing what I started that helped me in every step of my life.

I am grateful for this value of mine and for my family’s support. 

And I feel proud to say that I am an MBA Post-graduate now.

Thank you for reading this line! It means a lot.

The Opening Sentence of My Autobiography

This author explains with a story why “This is the story of a lucky man…” is the most appropriate opening for his autobiography.

If I ever write an autobiography I would begin it with “This is the story of a lucky man…”.

Why?

Because it is the only opening sentence that could make sense.

I could begin with “The secret to success is hard work…” or “Don’t give up ever…”, but I think that “This is the story of a lucky man” is the most appropriate one.

Let me explain why.

When I was in class 11 in school, I couldn’t study. I simply couldn’t sit down and feel like studying.

I’d play video games from morning till midnight daily because I couldn’t study and this was my way to escape my boredom.

I was going to therapy but I kept changing therapists because I wasn’t satisfied with their counselling.

Four years later I started taking a degree course in Bachelor of Business Administration and I scored 70% in the aggregate results.

I was able to study sometimes and I believe it was due to the medication that my psychiatrist had given me.

And that’s how I also completed my Master of Business Administration in Data Science last year.

When I was in class 11 I didn’t know what I didn’t know.

I was lost and I didn’t realize it.

I was lucky to have found good psychiatrists and therapists.

Without them I’d still be helpless.

But it is not psychology, psychiatry or self-help that helped me.

It was luck.

I didn’t know that if I took medicine I’d be able to study.

But the events in my life forced me to take medicines.

I wasn’t voluntarily doing any of it. The universe helped me do it.

It’s as if the universe had chosen me to suffer and to heal my own suffering.

And I learnt a lot of lessons that way.

Actually none of us can take responsibility for our successes because none of us can explain the sheer amount of luck that’s involved in these processes.

So yeah I really think I would begin my autobiography with “This is the story of a lucky man…”.

Thank you for reading this line. It means a lot to me.