If there's one thing that I learned during the last few years, is that what makes the difference between people who succeed, and those who don't often comes down to one simple thing: "being a good finisher".
What I mean by that is: most of the time, it's easy to start, get excited about a project, get some early support from friends (who think it's "awesome!"), then burn that motivation you had in a very short period and the project is already forgotten or dropped.
Just think of the Startup Weekend winners in Algeria, how many of them became real startups (put aside law obstacles that are part of the adventure)? I don't know many.
But the interesting part is that this does not only apply to big projects but to the very basic and small little actions one does. Guess how many articles I have on the draft folder of blogger, sitting there, unfinished? Too many. How many times did you start any new activity but gave up hours/days/weeks later?
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